OREANDA-NEWS  The heads of the European Union (EU) countries complain that the administration of US President Donald Trump kept them in the dark about the course of the peace talks on the settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. This was reported by the American newspaper The Washington Post (WP) with reference to high-ranking sources in the EU.

"Because of Trump's approach, European leaders were constantly left in the dark, relying on leaks and news reports about recent events," the newspaper writes.

Giuseppe Spatafora, an analyst at the EU Institute for Security Studies and former NATO policy adviser, told WP, "this view is becoming increasingly popular among European leaders."

According to the expert, Europeans must "adapt to the new reality."

Earlier, Der Spiegel newspaper revealed that French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz "deeply distrust" Trump. According to the transcripts of their conversation with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, Merz and Macron shared with their colleague that "there is a possibility of betrayal of Ukraine."