I know Donald's very praiseworthy of Vladimir Putin.

Leads, uh, a leftist populist party that has been sort of seen as sympathetic towards Vladimir Putin, opposed to the European Union, uh, and,

Two leaders of those 10 most populated countries, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, have deepened their power in Russia and China.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking publicly today called this a barbaric act of terrorism and vows to punish the attackers.

and he's made us weaker as a country, less able to confront challenges, whether it's Iran or North Korea or Vladimir Putin in Russia, who attacked and invaded our democracy in 2016 and who President Trump has offered another invitation to do the same.

The UK government says it remains absolutely committed to peace in Ukraine and that it's engaging with key allies After President Trump paused US military aid to the war-torn country a short while ago The EU Commission president outlined her plan to strengthen Europe's military capability Saying it would help the bloc get immediate military equipment to Ukraine An official in Washington explained President Trump's decision by saying the president's been clear that he's focused on peace We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well We're pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it's contributing to a solution Well since returning to the White House President Trump's claimed and on a number of occasions that the Biden administration gave Ukraine 350 billion dollars in military assistance BBC News has not been able to verify that figure Well, the US Department of Defense says the amount spent on military assistance to Ukraine in the three years since the Russian invasion Amounts to just over a hundred and eighty billion dollars President Trump's move come two days after that heated exchange between him and President Zelensky and Vice President Vance in the Oval Office Well speaking to Fox News before the military aid was paused Vice President Vance said the door is open if mr Zelensky is willing to talk peace mr. Vance also suggested that giving Washington an economic interest in the future of Ukraine would serve as a security guarantee If you want real security guarantees if you want to actually ensure that Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again The very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine That is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years the security guarantee and also the economic guarantee for Ukraine is to rebuild the country and Ensure that America has a long-term interest JD Vance there will Ukraine does produce some of its own weaponry But it does rely heavily on billions of dollars of aid from overseas allies such as America and Europe With more on all of that his BBC verifies Nick Hurdley What would a reduction in US support look like and could Europe step in to fill funding and equipment gaps?

And both men are, of course, worried about what they see as an aggressor in the Kremlin in the form of Vladimir Putin.

And yet the US President described his surprise as to how, why, how or why Vladimir Putin was launching rockets, in his words, at Ukrainian cities.

But I think more broadly, he is acting in lockstep with the Kremlin, perhaps because he wants to see a world kind of divided up into spheres of influence, or maybe he's just mesmerized by Vladimir Putin.

Trump has expressed increasing irritation with Vladimir Putin.