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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said, following the summit of European leaders in Paris, that Europe is ready to take a leading role in providing security guarantees to Ukraine. Source: Mark Rutte on X (Twitter),

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has reported on a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Source: Rutte on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: Rutte noted that he had briefed Zelenskyy on recent conversations at NATO headquarters and in Paris.

Vladimir Putin is riding high ahead of critical US-Russia talks Tuesday in Saudi Arabia on ending the Ukraine war.

General Sir Richard Shirreff, a former NATO deputy supreme commander, told BBC that U.S. President Trump's plans for Ukraine are "in cloud cuckoo land." GENERAL SIR RICHARD SHIRREFF: I think it's Cloud Cuckoo Land.

The fast-moving developments prompted France's president to convene select EU countries and the U.K. for talks this week in Paris. NATO has bolstered Europe’s eastern flank Wednesday's combat ...

European officials knew the president’s win would threaten the fundamental precepts of the post-World War II order. But the speed at which it is unraveling has created a crisis of enormous proportions.

European leaders are gathering in France for an emergency summit on Ukraine after the Trump administration announced it was opening talks with Russia on ending the war without a European presence.

European leaders have insisted their governments must have a say in talks between the U.S. and Russia to end the war in Ukraine, as both Moscow and Washington said there was no role for Europe in the negotiations that could shape the future of the continent.

However, some countries were unhappy that the Paris meeting was not a full EU summit, EU officials said. The French presidency official said the meeting would facilitate future discussions in Brussels and at NATO.

PARIS: France's President Emmanuel Macron will host leaders from key European countries on Monday (Feb 16) to discuss the continent's security, his office said, amid growing concerns over US ef

NATO members are continuing their largest combat exercises of 2025 amid concern within the 32-nation alliance over its most powerful member, the United States