So This is this has long been feared Seemingly it could be resolved in a political sense But at the moment and in the words of one Ukrainian advocacy group you've got Russia that's been given the green light to keep advancing which it is in the eastern Donetsk region You've got these reports of America, you know Look exploring a relaxation of sanctions trying to continue to warm relations with Moscow's it Deals directly with Moscow and all of the levers and pressure is being exerted on Ukraine as it's looking in both directions now James Walsh a house in Kiev there well in the last hour the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has been talking about a new plan to boost military and Help help Ukraine in the process we are in an era of rearmament and Europe is ready to massively boost its defense spending Both to respond to the short-term urgency to act and to support Ukraine But also to address the long-term need to take on more responsibility for our own European security lots of reaction, of course coming in this morning to the news of America suspending military aid to Ukraine We've also heard from the British government now the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner Appearing on the BBC's today program speaking to Emma Barnett.

Now, it was it eventually did get on board after some reassurances from the European Commission around the potential measures to keep security in terms on Slovakia's energy sources.

So between now and Wednesday, the European Union, European Commission have got the chance to negotiate with President Trump because, of course, he said he called Europe one of the worst offenders.

The European Commission upholds its stance that.

Another claim that Donald Trump has made is that the European Commission has fined US companies, the tech companies, billions of dollars or sometimes hundreds of millions of dollars for violating privacy laws in the European Union.

I mean, one of the things that is being discussed is a change that the European Commission in Brussels has put on the table in May.

It goes much deeper than that for Ukraine So it's crucial, this proposal from the European Commission, this, the executive part of the EU is seen as central to Ukraine's survival for it to survive long enough for a lasting peace deal to be agreed.

As a result, the European Commission banned palm oil biofuel subsidies in March of 2019.

In July, the European Commission fined Google a record-breaking $5 billion for violating EU antitrust rules.

A few days ago at the EU summit in Brussels, the European Commission failed to get a decision on frozen Russian assets for them to be used to help Ukraine.