Empty chair policy ? US defence secretary skips Nato Ukraine support meeting
What with daring drone raids deep in Russian territory last weekend and a new attack on the Kerch Strait bridge that links Moscow-occupied Crimea to the mainland. Spectacular shows but can outgunned and outnumbered Kyiv keep it up ?
Particularly with the US defense Secretary skipping a meeting of the NATO support group on Ukraine, the US which for now is still sharing intelligence and disbursing military aid allotted to Kyiv by the previous administration. For how much longer?
We asked ahead of the NATO summit later this month in the Netherlands, and ahead of Thursday's Oval Office initiation for new German chancellor Friedrich Merz. What will the likes of Germany and France do if Trump loses interest entirely in Europe's defense and Ukraine's fate?
Produced by Rebecca Gnignati, Aurore Laborie and Ilayda Habip.
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