European Parliament defence committee chair: the US can no longer be relied upon

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, who chairs the European Parliament's Committee on Security and Defence, has sharply criticised US President Donald Trump. She said Trump "took the side of the killer" following his remarks about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The statement matters because it comes from the head of the parliamentary committee responsible for defence and security issues. In the headline of the Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda, her position is framed as a message that the United States can no longer be relied upon.

The source gives no further detail on what exactly Trump said about Zelensky.