Europe live: European leaders meet in Paris to discuss Ukraine’s future

<p>Emmanuel Macron convenes summit to try to find path outside EU as US and Russia prepare to meet without European involvement</p><p>Swedish prime minister <strong>Ulf Kristersson</strong> told Reuters that deploying Swedish troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force is “absolutely a possibility.”</p><p>His comments build on earlier declaration from Swedish foreign minister <strong>Maria Malmer Stenegard</strong> (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/17/europe-live-european-leaders-paris-ukraine-future-peace-summit-us-russia-latest-updates-news?page=with:block-67b2ef7b8f08101b5631ed76#block-67b2ef7b8f08101b5631ed76">9:40</a>).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/17/europe-live-european-leaders-paris-ukraine-future-peace-summit-us-russia-latest-updates-news">Continue reading...</a>