Von der Leyen warns against ‘carving up’ of Ukraine amid crunch US-led talks

<p>Commission president says undermining of sovereign European nation would ‘open the doors for more wars’</p><p>The European Commission president has warned against “the unilateral carving up of a sovereign European nation” as Europe scrambles to assert influence over the US’s attempt to end the war in Ukraine.</p><p>Speaking to European lawmakers in Strasbourg on Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyen said Russia showed “no signs of true willingness to end the conflict” and continued to operate in a mindset unchanged since the days of Yalta – the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/05/vladimir-putin-yalta-ukraine-crimea-historical-narrative">much-criticised and misunderstood 1945 summit</a> to settle the postwar order.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/26/von-der-leyen-warns-against-carving-up-of-sovereign-european-nation-amid-crunch-ukraine-talks">Continue reading...</a>