U.K., Sweden say troops could head to post-war Ukraine as Trump fuels a European "collective security" drive
CBSN
European leaders gathered Monday in Paris for a hastily organized meeting to discuss how to react to recent diplomatic moves by the Trump administration pertaining to Ukraine. The leaders of Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain and the EU were among those attending.
The talks were organized after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. would be shifting its security priorities away from Europe, and President Trump said the U.S. would engage in unilateral talks with Russia aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
Ahead of the meeting, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said for the first time that the U.K. could deploy troops to Ukraine to help secure an eventual peace. He said he'd stress to other European leaders that, "we have got to show we are truly serious about our own defense and bearing our own burden."
