Key facts
- Zelensky met with EU leaders in Brussels to discuss support for Ukraine.
- US President Donald Trump criticized Zelensky's handling of the conflict and strikes on Russian oil refineries.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated that Russia had not respected a ceasefire on energy targets and that sanctions would increase.
- Several people were killed and injured in a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with EU leaders in Brussels to shore up support for his country's war effort, while US President Donald Trump renewed his sharp criticism of Zelensky. Trump called Zelensky "more difficult to deal with than [Russian President Vladimir] Putin" and described Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil refineries as a "disgrace" that was raising global oil prices.