President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced significant news from the European Commission concerning substantial funds to be invested in Europe's defence. For Ukraine, this will mean additional air defence systems and missiles.

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a guarantee agreement under the Ukraine Facility programme to support Ukraine's recovery and resilience, allowing the EIB to invest €2 billion in urgent recovery and rebuilding efforts in Ukraine.

What might surprise the Trump administration is the reaction not just from liberal European powers but backlash from populist leaders such as Nigel Farage, who said the spat would “make Putin feel like the winner” and added that Ukraine needed security guarantees.

Britain and France have been seeking to build a coalition of nations willing to defend a peace deal in Ukraine.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Friday the possibility of shipping Azerbaijani gas was part of discussions with the European Commission on restarting transit flows through Ukraine.

Hopes for a looming peace deal between Ukraine and Russia were seemingly dashed last week. Quick thinking by European leaders might rescue some of it.

While it has fewer than one-tenth of Starlink's satellites, Eutelsat is being floated as a potential replacement if Starlink access is cut.