US President Donald Trump’s “lengthy and highly productive” phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has sparked fears in Europe of a “dirty deal” being struck to end the war in Ukraine on terms favorable to Moscow without Kyiv’s involvement.

The largest conflict on the European continent since World War II is at a turning point ahead of Monday’s third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

At the end of the Cold War, President George H.W. Bush managed the fall of the Soviet Union and its satellite states in Eastern Europe — sometimes overruling regional leaders in the wider interests of the West and their own security. There’s no sign that Trump feels any such affinity for Europe or its future.

Nor did the Europeans show any signs of agreement in Paris on a plan to dispatch forces to Ukraine, if there is a peace deal with Russia that is acceptable to Kyiv. Mr Macron first floated the idea of putting boots on the ground last year,

The president falsely claimed that the U.S. has provided more assistance to Ukraine than Europe — and failed to mention that the Russian dictator started the war.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recently revealed President Donald Trump believes he can soon bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Ukrainian special forces have released a video showing a Russian soldier pleading for mercy. A Ukrainian drone tracked the man. "This is the only way negotiations with the aggressor should look," the video authors noted as they shared it online.