Ahead of President Trump's summit with President Putin, it was vital Ukraine's European allies presented a united front and that's exactly what we got following a string of virtual meetings.

The German chancellor, the EU Commission chief and NATO's top official were among the leaders to celebrate the productive call with Donald Trump.

Germany's leader Friedrich Merz said the positions of Ukraine, its European allies and US were "very much in agreement" - well on most points, at least.

And that's important because Wednesday was possibly the last chance they had to lay down their red lines and try to influence Trump's thinking before his summit with Mr Putin in Alaska on Friday.

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The points they pushed on aren't new: they said Ukraine must be at the table for any di

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