Donald Trump says he would welcome Volodymyr Zelenskyy back to White House and hopes for ‘great conversations’

• Ukraine agrees to 30-day ceasefire

The Guardian’s Rafael Behr writes in this opinion piece that a Trump-Putin pact is emerging, and that its target is Europe:

A prime time current affairs programme; a discussion about Donald Trump’s handling of the war in Ukraine. “He’s doing excellent things,” says a firebrand politician on the panel, before listing White House actions that have belittled Volodymyr Zelenskyy and weakened his battlefield position – military aid suspended; satellite communications obstructed; intelligence withheld. “Do we support this?” It is a rhetorical question.

“We support it all. Absolutely,” the celebrity host responds. “We are thrilled by everything Trump is doing.”