European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas pushed back on Wednesday against Donald Trump for saying that Europe lagged behind the U.S. in aid for Ukraine, and insisted the bloc must have a seat at the table when the time comes for peace talks.

The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Russia is a problem "for all of us," while adding that Trump is "right" on European defense spending. Poland's Donald Tusk said "if Europe is to survive, it needs to be armed.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called into question the U.S.' commitment to its allies in Europe. Zelenskyy said President Donald Trump's first act as president — the signing of a raft of executive orders on a raft of domestic issues — suggested his administration would not be overly concerned with Europe's future.

Any peacekeeping force deployed to Ukraine must include US troops to be effective. Otherwise, there may be a split in NATO, stated President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to Bloomberg. According to him,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that any effective peacekeeping forces deployed in Ukraine must include US troops. Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with Bloomberg Details: Zelenskyy believes that Ukraine's European allies lack sufficient troop numbers to counter the forces of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.