European leaders met on February 17 for an emergency summit to discuss Russia's three-year war on Ukraine.
The hastily arranged meeting in Paris was in response tomounting fearsthat U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia will negotiate an end to the war alone, leaving Ukraine and its European allies on the sidelines.
European leaders sought to present a united front and discussed proposals to support Ukraine and bolster European security.
"There seems to be a group of EU countries who are clear that they are not going to be part of a poorly designed and hasty Trump deal, and who are focused on continuing their support to Ukraine," said Majda Ruge, senior policy fellow at the Berlin-based European Council on Foreign Relations.
