Mona al-Raqab cares for her son Osama, 5, which she says his cystic fibrosis has worsened since the start of the war due to the lack of meat, fish and enzyme tablets to help him digest food, at a malnutrition clinic in Nasser hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing him of prolonging the “killing field” by pushing back on his demand that Ukraine hand over occupied Crimea to Moscow.Trump’s land-for-peace plan would mark a significant shift in the post-World War II order, ripping up conventions that have long held that borders should not be redrawn by force.
“It took a World War to roll back de jure annexations and 60 million people died,” said François Heisbourg, special adviser at the Foundation for Strategic Research in Paris, referring to the pre-war annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany.“Europeans will not accept it” and Ukraine will not either, he said.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, speaks with Ukraine’s President Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy prior to a bilateral meeting in Rome, Italy, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, speaks with Ukraine’s President Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy prior to a bilateral meeting in Rome, Italy, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)Diplomats and experts described various scenarios if the U.S. decides to walk. They range from the U.S. ceasing direct aid to Ukraine — but allowing European nations to pass on critical American intelligence and weapons to Kyiv — to Trump banning transfers of any American technology, including components or software in European weapons.
Any withdrawal of U.S. military aid to Ukraine could create serious difficulties for Europe, analysts and diplomats told The Associated Press. Kyiv’s ability to keep fighting would depend on European political will to muster money and weapons — and how quickly the gaps left by Washington can be filled.
If it were easy, Europe would “already be doing things without America,” said a European diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.It’s “a symbol to all girls and boys alike in the Asian community,” Nathan Chan added.
Nakase embraces what she feels is a responsibility and thinks about how to use her new platform to encourage more girls on a daily basis.“What I feel like I’m going to connect more to also is more coaches,” Nakase said. “Because I think that, like I said, the impact of coaches is going to be the reason why other females — younger kids that look like me — that they’re going to be inspired.”
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