French President Emmanuel Macron told Donald Trump that peace must not mean the surrender of Ukraine, at a news conference with the US President at the White House. The two leaders were meeting to discuss the war in Ukraine on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of the country.
The French leader interrupted President Trump to correct him, after Mr Trump said Europe's financial assistance to Ukraine was in the form of loans. Mr Macron said that was not the case as most of the money had been given to Ukraine by Europe.
Earlier, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped “we can finish the war this year”. He was speaking at a summit of western leaders meeting in Kyiv to show their support for his country.
At the United Nations in New York, the General Assembly agreed a resolution - drafted by the EU and the UK - to mark the anniversary of the war. It reaffirmed the UN's "commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine". The US opposed the resolution alongside Russia and North Korea, supporting a resolution which made no reference to backing Ukraine's territorial integrity and referred to Russia's invasion as a "conflict".
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O’Donoghue in Washington, Nada Tawfik at the United Nations in New York, James Waterhouse in Kyiv, Jeremy Bowen on the frontline in Ukraine and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.
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The French leader interrupted President Trump to correct him, after Mr Trump said Europe's financial assistance to Ukraine was in the form of loans. Mr Macron said that was not the case as most of the money had been given to Ukraine by Europe.
Earlier, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped “we can finish the war this year”. He was speaking at a summit of western leaders meeting in Kyiv to show their support for his country.
At the United Nations in New York, the General Assembly agreed a resolution - drafted by the EU and the UK - to mark the anniversary of the war. It reaffirmed the UN's "commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine". The US opposed the resolution alongside Russia and North Korea, supporting a resolution which made no reference to backing Ukraine's territorial integrity and referred to Russia's invasion as a "conflict".
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O’Donoghue in Washington, Nada Tawfik at the United Nations in New York, James Waterhouse in Kyiv, Jeremy Bowen on the frontline in Ukraine and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.
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For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
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00:00It is a stunning turn of events on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbor, Ukraine.
00:07At the UN General Assembly, America sided with Russia and North Korea in voting against a resolution condemning Russia's war.
00:17It came as Emmanuel Macron visited the White House for talks with the French President saying Donald Trump believed European peacekeepers would be accepted by Russia
00:27as a security guarantee underpinning any future deal.
00:31The French leader said he'd already spoken to the UK about a deployment, but added that the solidarity and support of America was crucial.
00:40Meanwhile, world leaders traveled to Kiev to pledge further support for Ukraine, with President Zelensky saying we hope we can finish this war this year.
00:50Sir Keir Starmer addressed the summit via video link.
00:54We have full coverage for you with the latest from Ukraine, and we'll be live in Moscow and at the UN in New York.
01:00But first, Gary O'Donohue has our top story from Washington.
01:09It was an optimistic President Macron who came to the White House today, the first European leader to head to Washington since President Trump's re-election.
01:19His task, an attempt to reach a consensus over ending the war in Ukraine and to stabilize the transatlantic relationship, which has been severely tested.
01:28Again, the relationship's been very special with France and very special with this gentleman on my right.
01:33It looked like the old love romance between these two was back, but the differences weren't far from the surface, notably on the relative contributions to Ukraine from the US and Europe.
01:44Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine. They get their money back.
01:48No, in fact, to be frank, we paid 60% of the total effort, and it was through, like the US, loans, guarantees, grants, and we provided real money, to be clear.
02:01But Donald Trump continues to insist Ukraine hands over half its key natural resources as compensation for America's contribution.
02:11And he says such a deal with Ukraine's President Zelensky is close.
02:15I will be meeting with President Zelensky. In fact, he may come in this week or next week to sign the agreement, which would be nice. I'd love to meet him. We'd meet at the Oval Office.
02:26That issue of compensation is another bone of contention between the US and Europe. It was up to Russia, said the French President, to pay.
02:34This work cost all of us a lot of money, and this is the responsibility of Russia, because the aggressor is Russia.
02:41Where some agreement appears to be emerging is on the question of possible European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine after a truce, something both France and the UK are open to.
02:52We also spoke about these issues at length with the President. We've worked with President Zelensky and gotten to some of the details of the various phases of the negotiation,
03:04and we've also been able to speak about some of this work with our British partners to talk about deployments of peace forces on Ukrainian soil, which are part of these security guarantees.
03:21Later, President Macron said progress had been made, including on the question of troops.
03:27And now there's a clear American message that the US, as an ally, is ready to provide that solidarity for that approach. That's a turning point, in my view.
03:38There is still no concrete proposal for ending the war in Ukraine, but Europe's leaders will at least hope they are now back at the negotiating table.
03:48Clive, I think President Macron and other European leaders will take some heart from today's meeting. They are at least back at the table and talking.
03:57However, there were no reassurances from the President on whether America would provide any kind of security guarantee and whether it would hold out for Ukraine getting its land back.
04:07Bear in mind, of course, last Friday, President Trump said President Macron and Prime Minister Kirstarmann had done nothing to end this war.
04:15Now he's saying they're being a great help. His view, his mood, his attitudes can change just like that.
04:22Indeed. All right, Gary, thank you. Gary O'Donohue there live in Washington.
04:27Well, the United Nations General Assembly did back a resolution today strongly criticizing Moscow's actions and supporting Ukraine's territorial integrity.
04:36Neda Taufik is live in New York for us now.
04:39Neda, history will record that America, despite supporting Ukraine throughout the full scale invasion by Russia, actually sided with the Kremlin in today's vote.
04:50That's right, Clive, you know, here at the U.N., what was supposed to be a symbolic moment to reaffirm Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity as it marks its third anniversary of the Russian invasion instead turned into a dramatic day of diplomatic tension among allies.
05:12You know, you had the United States not only siding with Russia, Belarus and North Korea in the General Assembly, but Washington went a step further to produce its own competing texts in the General Assembly and in the Security Council.
05:28And the British and French ambassadors said that was done without any warning or any negotiation.
05:34The Trump administration's language didn't blame Russia for the invasion and it didn't reaffirm Ukraine's territorial integrity.
05:43And just a few moments ago, Clive, the Security Council passed its first ever resolution on Ukraine that watered down U.S. text.
05:52Because remember, in the past, Russia has held a veto.
05:56This time around, that resolution passed.
05:58Europeans, though, are saying there can be no peace when aggression is rewarded.
06:03All right. Neda, thank you for that.
06:05Neda Taufik there live at the U.N. in New York.
06:09Well, several world leaders gathered in Kiev today to offer their continuing support for Ukraine.
06:15In the face of Russian aggression, they pledged more financial, military and political help.
06:20As James Waterhouse reports now from Kiev.
06:24In Ukraine, the war is as impossible to escape as the politics surrounding it.
06:29For President Zelensky, today was about remembrance and rallying his remaining allies.
06:35But there was one big absentee, the U.S.
06:39What followed were talks about military support, the likelihood of Ukraine joining the European Union.
06:46Perhaps they could be earlier than 2030.
06:50As well as the enforcing of any future ceasefire.
06:53And any settlement must be based on a sovereign Ukraine, backed up with strong security guarantees.
07:01The U.K. is ready and willing to support this with troops on the ground.
07:06Welcome everyone to the first G7 meeting of 2025.
07:12Ukraine and its European allies still have to work out how to stand up to Russia in the long term.
07:18At a separate gathering, after swerving questions about their relationship,
07:22President Zelensky issued this call to Donald Trump directly.
07:26President Trump, we would really like to hear from you.
07:30Because all our people, all our families are very worried.
07:34Will there be support from America?
07:37For our people, for life in general, it's so important that American support, American assistance remains.
07:45The diplomatic chat has continued tonight and there has been some substance today.
07:50But the tone has very much been about picking Ukraine up after two weeks of American foreign policy that has rocked its war effort.
07:59Nevertheless, there still yet might be scope for cooperation between Kyiv and Washington.
08:05A deal that would give the U.S. access to Ukraine's natural resources in return for security guarantees is reportedly being finalised.
08:14President Zelensky has rejected previous drafts, calling it a debt which would take generations to pay.
08:21James Waterhouse, BBC News, Kyiv.
08:25Three years after this conflict began, there is a military stalemate on the battlefield.
08:30Here's what Ukraine looked like back in 2022.
08:34The areas in red are under Russian military control.
08:38Three years later, you can see Russia has built a corridor there down to Crimea.
08:43But here in purple, Ukraine has managed to retake most of the territory that was under threat in the north.
08:50Well, Jeremy Bowen reports now on a nation determined to keep fighting but praying for peace.
08:57Cars destroyed in the fight for Kyiv three years ago have been gathered into a memorial in Erpin, the suburb where Ukraine won the battle for its capital.
09:07Next to the new bridge, the ruins of the old one between Kyiv and Erpin are also preserved.
09:15The Ukrainian army blew the bridge to stop Russian tanks using it.
09:19Ukraine's western allies, just like the Kremlin, expected these men would lose to Russia within days or weeks.
09:28Russian shelling was intense. For Ukrainians, it felt like the worst of times.
09:34It was a dangerous journey for thousands of civilians who used the rubble as stepping stones to cross the river into relative safety inside Kyiv.
09:45But the country rallied when the Americans offered to evacuate President Zelensky.
09:49He told them he needed ammunition, not a ride.
09:55Zelensky donned military attire and posted videos telling Ukrainians he was staying to lead the fight.
10:04But three years after they stopped the Russian invaders marked with a Z from scoring a quick victory, the old Ukrainian nightmare of national extinction is back.
10:19Ukraine's modernised army is just about holding its own, here training near their border with the Russian province of Kursk.
10:27Their nightmare is Donald Trump. He's put restoring America's relationship with Russia above Ukraine's fight to stay independent.
10:35And Trump has repeated Russian lies.
10:43Like the claim Ukraine started the war.
10:46Eduard said Russia started it. They came to our home to kill us. Our sons, our daughters and our parents. That is why we are fighting.
10:58Along the border Ukrainian troops are getting ready to rejoin the battle in Kursk.
11:03A chunk of Russia it seized last August and is fighting to keep.
11:07In the bunkers, warm and dry, these men are facing the prospect of losing the American support that has been vital for three years.
11:16Evhen, a squad leader and a veteran of the war in Kursk, says Ukraine is making more weapons of its own and they will keep going.
11:25It's good to get help from abroad. Help won't last forever. It's here today, it might be gone tomorrow.
11:33Soldiers here know that Putin believes Ukraine belongs to Russia, which is why they're alarmed by talk of Trump making a deal with him.
11:43Putin wants to destroy our political system and to make Ukraine his vassal state.
11:49Are there any circumstances under which Western countries, the Americans, should trust President Putin?
11:56No, I don't have enough fingers to count how many times Putin lied to everyone, to the Russians and to us and to the West.
12:05Fighting men in a snow-covered forest, it's a scene from Europe's past and the challenge for leaders, for diplomats, is to make sure it's not a scene from Europe's future because it might be.
12:20The point the Ukrainians make is that if President Putin is able to get what he wants by breaking international law and going to war, then it won't be the last time.
12:35Not just for him, but for others.
12:40Back in Kiev three years ago, as the barricades went up, it was a straightforward fight for survival.
12:46For Ukrainians, it still is, but it is not straightforward.
12:52Then, volunteers signed up to fight, talking about protecting their families.
12:59Now, that early enthusiasm has gone after huge casualties and the authorities pursue men who won't fight.
13:08Dmytro and Maxim, then 18 and 19, both fought in the battle for Kiev.
13:13Maxim, on the left, served around 30 months in front-line combat.
13:20Three years on, both fear Trump will appease Putin as Britain appeased Nazi Germany before 1939.
13:28It is a very dangerous moment for the entire world, not only for Ukraine, even if the United States will not provide us any more weapons or other support.
13:40I think that Donald Trump wants to become like a new Chamberlain, who signed some treaty with Hitler, and we all know what it was as a result.
13:53But I think that Mr. Trump should be more focused on becoming somebody like Churchill.
14:01Three years ago, you were young guys volunteering for the army. You must have changed.
14:06Everyone changed, and I have changed.
14:13I think that every Ukrainian and me in person matured during these three years.
14:23Everyone who entered the military and everyone who was fighting for such a long time drastically changed.
14:33The cost of this war is heavy, but not so unbearable that either side will sue for peace.
14:39It is about more than controlling land. It's about existence.
14:43For these Ukrainians, staying independent. Putin is fighting them for Russia's place in the world, and that's why making a peace deal might be impossible.
14:53And now for the Ukrainians and their European partners, the sense that Trump's America isn't just an unreliable ally, it might be no kind of ally at all.
15:06Jeremy Bowen, BBC News in Ukraine.
15:11President Trump says he's discussing major economic deals with the Kremlin to help end the war.
15:17Steve Rosenberg is live in Moscow for us now.
15:20Vladimir Putin has been speaking this evening. Steve, what's he been saying?
15:26Yes, indeed. Vladimir Putin popped up unexpectedly late tonight on Russian state television.
15:32They interrupted regular programs for this, and he proceeded to say lots of things that Donald Trump will like.
15:39There was lots of flattery. He said President Trump did not act on emotion. He had a rational approach to what was happening.
15:46There was lots of praise. He praised Donald Trump's idea for America, Russia and China to slash defence spending.
15:55And there were offers of big money projects, cooperation between Russia and America, for example, in the aluminium industry.
16:03I think when it comes to dealing with the US president, the Kremlin leader knows exactly which buttons to press.
16:09But what about the war in Ukraine and the prospects for peace?
16:12Well, from what the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, was saying earlier today, it doesn't sound as if Moscow is in any hurry to sign on to a ceasefire.
16:22He said this, we will cease hostilities only when negotiations provide a firm, lasting result that suits the Russian Federation.
16:30Until then, Russia fights on, confident, I think, that it can seize more Ukrainian territory.