EU leaders disagree on sending peacekeepers to post-war Ukraine

• European leaders failed to reach a joint decision on whether to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine after discussing security guarantees and the Russia-Ukraine conflict at an emergency summit in Paris.
• French President Emmanuel Macron called for strong and lasting peace in Ukraine, accompanied by credible security guarantees for Ukrainians.
• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized the debate, stating it was inappropriate to discuss peacekeeping troop deployments in the midst of a war.
• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated his country would not send troops to Ukraine and emphasized the transatlantic relationship between the U.S. and Europe.
• U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer emphasized the need for a U.S. backstop and called for more burden-sharing in defense with the U.S.
• Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof suggested Europeans should decide on their contribution to bringing peace in Ukraine.