The scramble to convince Trump to back Ukraine – The Latest
6/16/202612 min
Donald Trump has urged Russia to ‘make a deal’ with Ukraine as the leaders of G7 countries meet on Tuesday and try to put the conflict back at the top of the agenda. European leaders are hoping to capture Trump’s attention for long enough to speak to him about Ukraine, with the US president’s focus more on the US-Israeli war against Iran. Nosheen Iqbal speaks to the Guardian’s Europe correspondent, Jon Henley – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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John Henley1:02
[upbeat music] This is a defense crisis for Europe. It's an economic crisis for Europe. This is existential. Look, Russia should make a deal. Russia's lost tremendous amounts of people, and so has Ukraine. The crucial thing in that is that he is expecting concessions from Putin as well. That's a step in the right direction, and that