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After a tense Oval Office encounter with Donald Trump and JD Vance, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a warm UK welcome, including an official audience with King Charles at Sandringham.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer convened a defence summit with European and NATO allies to reaffirm solidarity with Ukraine, discuss unlocking frozen Russian assets, and counter the rift caused by Trump’s accusations of Zelenskyy’s ingratitude.

European leaders fear the spat endangers Western unity and peace efforts and are vowing no negotiations on Ukraine without Ukrainian involvement.

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[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Super powers in general should not exist.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

perhaps, but you’ve got to admit that we’ve been living in the most peaceful time in history. superpowers mean sure they get a lot of control, but they also provide a lot of security… it’s a shitty arrangement, but i’m not sure that the alternative is better: with lots of small powers, those countries tend to feel a lot more empowered to encroach on others’ territory

perhaps alliances help that, but i’d argue that kinda leads to a cold war situation where you get “spheres of influence” and that’s kinda like superpowers anyway, but you get a whole group of countries being drawn into conflicts that a belligerent ally starts

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Safe so long as you are a citizen of the super power and not one of the many nations destabilized through coups or proxy wars.

The price of war is obvious, but few consider the price of peace.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In the same sense as cancer shouldn't exist, but that won't make it go away. We have to agree to keep them in check and somewhat sane. The USA lost all sanity.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Does this make WW1 chemotherapy and WW2 radiation treatment?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Time for some radiation therapy in Maralago