European leaders throw support behind Zelenskyy after heated Trump meeting

The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said the free world needs a new leader' and that it was up to Europeans to take this challenge

The EU foreign policy chief has declared that the free world needs a new leader", as European leaders threw their support behind Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after the stunning White House confrontation between him and Donald Trump.

Leaders from across Europe expressed their solidarity with the Ukrainian leader after the fractious exchange with JD Vance, the US vice-president, and Trump, who claimed he was not ready for peace" and accused him of gambling with world war three".