The United States has proposed a resolution that would mean Kyiv ceding territory to Moscow, a move that has been met with anger and disbelief in Europe
Ministers in the British government had been warned something big was coming. On Wednesday morning, as John Healey, the defence secretary, prepared to address dozens of his counterparts at Nato headquarters in Brussels, US officials told him President Trump would be speaking later in the day.
As his team theorised about what he could say — checking Trump’s Truth Social platform for any sudden outbursts — none predicated the storm of controversy that came next.
