European leaders visited Kyiv to mark the war’s third anniversary. The show of solidarity in Ukraine on Monday comes at a head-spinning moment for the continent.

On February 24th America sided with Russia and North Korea in voting against a UN resolution proposed by its European allies that blamed Russia for invading Ukraine. It then pushed through its own resolution in the Security Council with the support of Russia and China that called for a “swift end” to the war,

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that expert level talks between the United States and Russia were being prepared following a high-level meeting between the two sides in Riyadh on February 18. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters there were no plans at the moment for a phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.