European countries clashed over sending troops to Ukraine at a crisis meeting intended to reach a consensus on how to respond to US President Donald Trump’s peace talks with Russia.
As leaders convened in Paris for the summit on Monday afternoon, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain expressed a reluctance to dispatch peacekeeping forces to the war-torn country, hours after Britain offered to put “boots on the ground”.
The meeting, which France hoped would also yield plans to help European countries boost defence spending, was hosted by President Emmanuel Macron and attended by the leaders of six other EU countries, the UK and officials from Nato and the EU.