The EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, accused the United States of "not supporting Ukraine for almost a year" during a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Committee.

She said, "We see that the rules-based international order is under great pressure. We also see that transatlantic relations are not as strong as before." She admitted, "It is obvious that any agreement to work must involve Europeans, because the war has already broken out."

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas stated on January 29, 2026, that the US had not provided support to Ukraine for more than a year, and currently, European countries are the main supporters of Ukraine's defense needs. She emphasized that any peace agreement concerning Ukraine must involve Europe, as the war is still ongoing.

Before the EU foreign ministers' meeting, Kallas clearly stated that the US stopped direct aid to Ukraine from early 2025, making Europe the main supporter of Ukraine. She emphasized that Europe has taken actual responsibility in the context of the ongoing war and advocated that any peace agreement must include Europe's participation. This move was interpreted as a protest against the imbalance in EU-US relations, attempting to gain European influence on the Ukraine issue.

Kallas's remarks reflect the EU's dissatisfaction with the changing role of the US in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, especially in the context where the US proposed a peace plan that was accused of "rewarding aggression" and was accused of bypassing Europe to directly engage with Russia. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg responded by stating that Europe still lacks the ability to provide large-scale weapons independently, and Ukraine's survival still relies on US military support.

Meanwhile, there are divisions within the EU about the future direction of security: on one hand, officials have called for the establishment of a standing army of 100,000 people to achieve strategic autonomy, but Kallas herself believes this is impractical and reiterates reliance on the NATO and US-led security structure.

The EU-US divide continues, and it is unlikely to be resolved in the short term. Ukraine may face a shortage of ammunition in the summer of 2026; meanwhile, the EU leadership has been criticized for being blindly pro-American but ignored by Trump, finding itself in an awkward situation where it cannot replace but is powerless to break the deadlock.

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