Europe faces “crunch time” on the war in Ukraine, a former European president said, as it battles internal division, Russian threats and U.S. hostility.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin risks fresh row with Trump after pledging to supply ‘uninterrupted fuel’ to India - Donald Trump said this week he does not know what the Kremlin is doing after peace

President Donald Trump‘s administration argues in its new National Security Strategy that ending the Russia-Ukraine war is a “core interest” for the United States, but it has been faced with European leaders who have “unrealistic expectations” for how it could end.

The latest U.S. push to end Russia’s nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine has unleashed a frenzy of diplomatic activity.

BRUSSELS - However Donald Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine pans out, Europe fears the prospect of a deal – sooner or later – that will not punish or weaken Russia as its leaders had hoped, placing the continent’s security in greater jeopardy.

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoys on Tuesday yielded no public breakthrough on a potential Ukraine peace deal, with Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov suggesting unsolved "territorial problems" were the main stumbling block.

US President Donald Trump expressed optimism after a high-level meeting between US officials and a Ukrainian delegation in Miami on Sunday, suggesting there was a “good chance” of a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Oil futures rose as the war in Ukraine gives no signs of relenting, while markets expect the Fed to cut interest rates next week, supporting economic growth.

Vladimir Putin’s alleged secret daughter has apologized for her father’s war in Ukraine, after she was confronted in Paris by a Ukrainian journalist whose brother was killed in a recent Russian airstrike.

The Canadian military is undertaking a structural reorganization designed to make the force more nimble and adaptable to new technology, the Department of National Defence said Thursday.