Controversy over the resolution at the UN and tension at Macron and Trump meeting. What the media say
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The UN Security Council has split over the adoption of a resolution on the conflict in Ukraine. A document prepared by the USA was adopted, which reflected Washington's neutral position, while European countries refused to support it. After that, French President Emmanuel Macron met with American leader Donald Trump at the White House, which also showed the disagreement between them. What the world media write - in the Izvestia digest.
Reuters: the UN Security Council accepts the neutral position of the United States on the Ukrainian conflict
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution prepared by the United States on the occasion of the third anniversary of the Ukraine conflict. It contains a neutral US position on the conflict, reflecting Trump's aspirations to end hostilities.
Reuters
Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzya, recognized "constructive changes" in the US position on the conflict. He told the council that the resolution was "not perfect" but was a "starting point for future efforts for a peaceful settlement."
The 15-member UN Security Council has been deadlocked throughout the conflict and has been unable to take action because Russia holds veto power. The 193-member UN General Assembly has repeatedly upheld Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and called for a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in accordance with the organization's Charter.
Financial Times: UN vote was a blow to Western unity
A US resolution calling for an "early end" to the conflict in Ukraine was passed by the UN Security Council with the support of Russia and China. The vote was the latest blow to Western unity during Trump's presidency. France and Britain did not veto the measure, but they abstained after a failed attempt to delay a final vote.
Financial Times
The vote showed that the transatlantic alliance, which has kept Europe safe since the end of the Second World War, has begun to unravel as the US president takes a pragmatic approach to foreign policy. This is in stark contrast to the policies of the administration of Trump's predecessor, Joe Biden, which led Western efforts to isolate Russia from the global economy <...>.
The abstention from the vote by France, Britain and other European countries indicates that the U.S. and its allies will have to work hard to find common ground. Even if the vote did not mark a complete breakdown in relations between Washington and Europe, the symbolism was obvious.
CNN: the conflict in Ukraine has called into question the security of all of Europe
Few could have imagined that the fourth year of conflict in Ukraine would so seriously call into question the security of all of Europe. The US has transformed itself from a moralistic benefactor to a transactional predator encroaching on Kiev's resources. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has survived physically, but now he must deal with a revisionist version of events presented by a White House that only a month ago was his staunchest supporter.
CNN
U.S. Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth's flippant or spontaneous remark in Brussels that the United States was no longer the guarantor of European security overturned eighty years of normality on the continent. It may have been a bluff to increase spending on European security, but you can't bluff in nuclear security.
Europe has taken American security guarantees for decades as a given and is now trying to imagine a world without them, while strongly supporting Ukraine and insisting that any peace must be just. The security of an enlarged Europe is currently being hotly debated politically. Weeks of social media tirades and tense diplomacy have overshadowed the conflict in Ukraine itself.
The New York Times: Macron and Trump have disagreed on Ukraine
Trump and Macron displayed an amicable relationship in their first meeting, but they could not hide the growing rift between the United States and Europe over the conflict in Ukraine. The meeting came after the U.S. and France sharply disagreed over the passage of a resolution at the U.N. Security Council.
The New York Times
Even as Macron called the president "dear Donald" and repeatedly used words like "friendship" and "common agenda," he spoke softly and politely in a different tone than Trump about the conflict. "This peace should not mean the surrender of Ukraine," the French president said during a joint press conference <...>. It should not mean a ceasefire without guarantees. This peace must allow for Ukraine's sovereignty."
While speaking to reporters, Macron interrupted Trump and corrected him, saying that Europe was not loaning Ukraine money, but directly handing it over. Trump, smiling, made a skeptical face and waved his hand as if to say he didn't believe that.
The Guardian: France is ready to deploy nuclear weapons in Germany instead of the US
French fighter jets with nuclear weapons could be stationed in Germany as the US threatens to pull out of Europe. Friedrich Merz, who is expected to become Germany's next chancellor, has called on Britain and France to expand their nuclear defenses as he seeks Europe's "independence" from Donald Trump's America.
The Guardian
A French official said the deployment of the fighter jets would send a message to [Russian President] Vladimir Putin, while diplomats in Berlin suggested it would prompt [British Prime Minister] Keir Starmer to do the same. "The deployment of several French nuclear fighter jets in Germany should not be difficult and will send a strong message," the source said.
The United States has long guaranteed Europe's security with an arsenal of about 100 nuclear missiles, many of which are stationed at a U.S. military base in Germany. France's nuclear deterrent is currently independent of NATO, while Britain's weapons are a key part of the alliance's defense strategy.
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