Macron convenes European leaders for Ukraine summit amid tension with US

<p>Paris meeting aims to retake initiative on talks about Ukraine’s future as US and Russian delegates prepare to meet</p><p>Emmanuel Macron will host a Paris summit of European defence powers on Monday to try to retake the initiative and demand the US ends its lockout of Europe from talks on Ukraine’s future.</p><p>With the US and Russia due to send high-powered delegations for talks in Riyadh this week – the first such meetings in two years – there are fears in Europe that Russia will relaunch its plan for imposed Ukrainian neutrality and a joint US-Russia carve-up with agreed spheres of influence.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/16/ukraine-summit-paris-macron-european-leaders-us-russia">Continue reading...</a>