# EU leaders pledge continued support for Ukraine at summit

https://mins.news/en/video/103513

- TRT World, 2026-10-16 17:36 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inJR-tYuGPc

> At a summit in Brussels, EU leaders rallied behind Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as his relationship with Donald Trump reached a new low. Trump said he finds Zelenskyy harder to deal with than Vladimir Putin and suggested Ukraine may need a new leader. Political commentator John Kavulich weighed in.

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