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European countries clashed over the sending of soldiers to Ukraine when they launched crisis meetings aimed at achieving a consensus on how to respond to US President Donald Trump's peaceful conversations with Russia.
When the leaders of Paris at an emergency meeting in Paris on Monday afternoon, Poland and Spain expressed their unwillingness to broadcast peaceful forces into the war of the destroyed country, hours after Britain offered Put “shoes on the ground”.
Monday's session is organized by French President Emmanuel Macron and visits six EU countries, Great Britain and NATO and EU officials.
US US allies are racing to respond to Trump's shock announcement interviews with Russiato start in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
France suggested a discussion of the “soothing force” that would be placed as, no, the future line of the ceasefire UkraineAccording to two officials, they informed preparations for a meeting.
But while British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was “ready and helpful. . .[to put]Our own units on Earth if needed ”, other countries are much more reluctant.
“Nobody is currently considering sending soldiers to Ukraine,” said José Manuel Albars, Spanish Foreign Minister. “Peace is still very far away and only for one reason: Vladimir Putin.”
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Warsaw is not ready to send troops to Ukraine, but would maintain humanitarian, logistics and military assistance, provided by Kiev in the last three years.
The leaders will also discuss the possibilities of increasing European defense and military abilities, potentially through joint financing.
Reports Leily Abboud and Ben Hall in Paris, Henry Foy in Brussels, Raphael Minder in Warsaw, Barney Jopson in Madrid and George Parker in London
