Monday marked three years since Russia invaded Ukraine.
To mark the occasion, French President Macron visited President Trump to discuss the war, emphasizing security guarantees for Ukraine in a peace deal that must “not be a surrender of Ukraine.” Both leaders hope the conflict can end within weeks.
While the leaders shook hands at the White House, diplomats shared a less genial U.N. meeting. The Security Council passed a U.S.-proposed resolution calling for peace ASAP that (controversially) didn’t blame Russia for the war. Russia and China supported it, while France and the U.K. abstained, not wanting to veto Washington. The U.N. General Assembly passed a symbolic, non-binding resolution that did blame Russia.
U.K. PM Keir Starmer will head to Pennsylvania Ave. Thursday to discuss Ukraine, and negotiations for the use of Ukraine’s natural resources continue.