Britain will take over Wednesday’s meeting of Kyiv’s allies from the U.S.

(…)The Trump administration’s views on the UDCG remain unclear, and it’s still uncertain whether the U.K. will take on leadership beyond Wednesday’s meeting. The contact group nations are still negotiating who will permanently lead the group going forward, officials said.

“The Brits can coordinate as well as anybody. There’s not a lot of trust in the U.S. right now, we’re just too unpredictable,” said Jim Townsend, a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO.(…)