European Union leaders are gathering this week at the end of political year dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump has directed U.S. officials to help to facilitate a “lasting and durable peace" between Ukraine and Russia, with a "very, very strong" package being presented.

The Nebraska Republican criticized the president for "trashing Europe" while favoring Russia in comments to NBC News.

Ukraine and its allies are scrambling to keep Trump onside as the U.S. piles pressure on Kyiv to make a peace deal.

US President Donald Trump's comments come after hours-long diplomatic discussions between the US, European, and NATO leaders and Zelenskyy in Berlin to negotiate a peace deal. , US News, Times Now

Zelensky has responded to the mounting pressure, reiterating that Ukraine will not concede land to its “aggressor.”

KYIV, Ukraine -- KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “hasn’t read” a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

Two women from different nations, Melania Trump and Olena Zelenska, champion the fight against Russia's billion-dollar plot targeting Ukrainian children.

European officials are growing concerned that an emerging US-brokered peace deal in Ukraine could be exploited by Russia, paving the way for a re-invasion of territory in the war-battered nation’s eastern Donbas region.

Ukraine's Zelensky said he cannot cede land to Russia as he has no legal or moral right to do so. Follow Newsweek's live coverage.

Experts say that Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.