Russia has tried to make the most of the White House's national security strategy and President Trump's criticism of Europe and Ukraine's leadership of late.

European Union leaders have committed to funding Ukraine's economic and military needs for the next two years.

Poland detained a Russian archaeologist who works on an ancient site in Crimea, which Russia seized in 2014. Ukraine calls the work illegal.

European leaders are increasingly confident they will reach a deal to use frozen Russian assets before the end of the year following talks in London, even as a gulf remains between Europe and the US on providing security guarantees for Kyiv.

More detailed, recent assessments of Russian sabotage actions in Europe, another official says, are increasingly being considered in the light of a Nato 2023 Joint Threat Assessment — a classified report shared among the alliance’s defence chiefs — that Russia was gearing its military and economy for a possible hot war with Europe by 2029.

Europe will take measures in the coming days over immobilising Russian assets in order to fund Ukraine, said Ireland's finance minister Simon Harris at a meeting of euro zone finance ministers.

Imports dipped after the invasion, and Europe placed sanctions on a number of executives at Russian fertiliser companies. But it soon made clear that the companies themselves, and the commodities they sell,

A top European Union official has warned the United States against interfering in European affairs. European Council President António Costa was reacting Monday to the Trump administration's new national security strategy.

Officials are accusing Russia of smaller-scale assaults. President Vladimir V. Putin sought to turn the tables, saying that if Europe were to start a war, Russia is ready.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces first formal reconstruction meeting with Trump officials to discuss Ukraine's post-war recovery efforts.