# EU leaders rally around Zelenskyy at Brussels summit as ties with Trump deteriorate

https://mins.news/en/video/103829

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-16 22:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQZWfDxirkU

> EU leaders have backed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a Brussels summit amid his worsening relationship with US President Donald Trump. Al Jazeera’s Rosie Birchard says Zelenskyy is unhappy with a diesel deal Washington made with Moscow. Trump blames Zelenskyy for the failure of a US effort to unilaterally declare an end to Russian and Ukrainian strikes on energy sites. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU supported Trump’s energy ceasefire, but that…

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