Europe pledges troops for Ukraine security guarantee, admits it needs a Trump backstop

Published September 4, 2025 1:31pm ET



More than 30 world leaders have gathered in-person or over video in Paris to hash out guidelines for protecting Ukraine if peace is established, but their planning seems to be for nothing if United States President Donald Trump doesn’t take the lead.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with world leaders from the “Coalition of the Willing” on Thursday at a conference hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron.

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