European leaders pledge to assemble a “coalition of the willing” to develop a plan for ending Ukraine’s war with Russia, which they hope could win the backing of a skeptical President Trump.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on March 2 said Europe was “doubling down” on Ukraine support and called the U.S. a "reliable ally."

European leaders sought to assemble what Britain called a “coalition of the willing” to secure Ukraine after any US-brokered ceasefire, as they gathered in London to coordinate defense spending hikes amid concerns of an American pullback.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Saturday (March 1) a “new era of profanity” had begun, after a clash between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Washington the previous night.

Lisa Murkowski delivered a scorching rebuke Saturday of President Donald Trump’s explosive exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a rare voice of Republican dissent as party members lined up in support of the president’s increasingly combative relationship with Ukraine.