Watch live as UK defence secretary John Healey speaks after a split emerged among European nations over whether to match Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to send UK troops to Ukraine.

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The Prime Minister’s appeal to the US president came after European leaders gathered in Paris for emergency talks on Ukraine.

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Footage of UK armed forces training Ukrainian recruits has been released by NATO as European leaders gathered in Paris today (February 17) for an emergency meeting on Europe’s role in the Ukraine conflict.

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UK prime minister says future of Europe and Ukraine at stake after European leaders convene at emergency summit in ParisSwedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson told Reuters that deploying Swedish troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force is “absolutely a possibility.”His comments build on earlier declaration from Swedish foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenegard (9:40). Continue reading...

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Prime Minister pledges that Europe will ‘do more’ to bolster its defence

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Keir Starmer and European leaders scrambled to Paris for emergency talks after Donald Trump announced he would open peace talks with Russia without European input

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European leaders call for unity and discuss defence spending at emergency summit sparked by US plans for UkraineSwedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson told Reuters that deploying Swedish troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force is “absolutely a possibility.”His comments build on earlier declaration from Swedish foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenegard (9:40). Continue reading...

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Leaders arrive at Paris summit for urgent talks on Ukraine after week that showed how far values have divergedEurope live – latest updatesThey came smiling, but the task was immense. After dozens of summits at which a hesitant and discordant EU had failed to agree on anything like a cohesive plan for the end of the war in Ukraine, this one had, suddenly and vitally, to be different.The leaders of France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain and – speaking for the Nordic and Baltic states – Denmark, plus Britain’s prime minister and the heads of Nato and the European Commission and Council, arrived in Paris reeling from a historic week. Continue reading...

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Olaf Scholz says it is only possible to support Ukraine if allies contiue to finance itSwedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson told Reuters that deploying Swedish troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force is “absolutely a possibility.”His comments build on earlier declaration from Swedish foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenegard (9:40). Continue reading...

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The meeting comes as Europe’s leaders scramble for a strategy in response to US President Donald Trump’s push for a deal with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

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Keir Starmer warmly embraced Emmanuel Macron outside the Elysee Palace as leaders gathered to consider their response to Donald Trump's bombshell moves.

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Keir Starmer is joining Emmanuel Macron and other leaders in Paris amid concerns Europe and Ukraine itself are being frozen out of discussions

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Ursula von der Leyen urges ‘emergency mindset’ in response to US decision to enter bilateral talks with RussiaEurope live – latest updatesEurope’s security is “at a turning point”, the president of the European Commission has said, as leaders from major European powers prepared to meet in Paris for emergency talks on their role in an eventual ceasefire in Ukraine.After last week’s shock move by the US to sideline Kyiv and its European backers from peace negotiations, Ursula von der Leyen said the issue was “about Ukraine – but also about us. We need an urgency mindset. We need a surge in defence. And we need both of them now.” Continue reading...

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MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow the latest updates on the Ukraine-Russia conflict as European leaders including Sir Keir Starmer meet in Paris to discuss an end to the three-year war.

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Keir Starmer stressed any resolution must be 'lasting' and partly guaranteed by US might as he said he is ready to deploy UK troops on the ground.

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PM heads to Paris for talks as US President Donald Trump pushes for a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end war

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MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow the latest updates on the Ukraine-Russia conflict as European leaders including Sir Keir Starmer meet in Paris to discuss an end to the three-year war.

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Downing Street confirmed that the Prime Minister will fly to the US within days

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Keir Starmer is joining Emmanuel Macron and other leaders in Paris amid concerns Europe and Ukraine itself are being frozen out of discussions

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Many feel JD Vance’s speech in Munich shows Trump 2.0 is a far more disruptive and chaotic force than their worst fearsAs European leaders meet in Paris to prepare an answer to their apparent exclusion from the talks about Ukraine’s future, the existential and all encompassing question of how to influence an unchained US president occupies every European leader.The Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, offered some Nordic advice. “We Finns in these situations are cool, calm and collected so what we do first is have an ice bath and after that we go to the sauna and then we reflect.” Faced by what he described as a “cacophony” of het-up and shocked diplomacy, he suggested: “We need to talk less and do more.” Continue reading...

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