Zelenskyy calls for European army as EU bristles at new US policies on Ukraine

European leaders are reeling after Mr Trump’s decision to upend years of US policy by holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet for talks on Saturday (Sven Hoppe/DPA/AP)

The time has come for the creation of an “armed forces of Europe”, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, because the US may no longer be counted on to support Europe.

Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticised Americans for meddling in his country’s election, after US vice president JD Vance scolded European leaders over their approach to democracy and met the leader of a German far-right party.