The governments of Sweden and Norway have announced plans to bolster Ukraine's defence industry with financial contributions.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere talks before a press conference after the "Support Ukraine" summit, marking the third anniversary of the Ru

Norway will finance Ukrainian purchases of natural gas from its country, Ukraine's Naftogaz said on Tuesday. This comes against

BERLIN (AP) — European leaders pledged late Friday to stand by Ukraine in the wake of the contentious Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with their statements in support of their neighbor on the continent ensuring a deepening transatlantic rift.

"It's unacceptable, they [Ukraine] need to tone it down and take a hard look and sign that deal," he tells Fox News. The deal he is referring to is a push by Donald Trump for access to rare minerals in Ukraine in return for aid, or even as compensation for the support the US has already provided.

Naftogaz Group will receive a grant from Norway for gas purchase.This is announced in the group's statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.The funds will be

Ukraine has considerable leverage in upcoming negotiations with Russia—as long as the United States stands by Kyiv and adopts a negotiating strategy that creates real dilemmas for Moscow. U.S. support for Ukraine has been cast into doubt in recent weeks after a flurry of comments by Trump administration officials offering unilateral concessions to Moscow and criticizing Ukraine.

Following a contentious White House meeting, there were swift and widespread messages of solidarity and support for Ukraine from leaders across Europe.