European leaders set to hold emergency Ukraine summit in Paris as US-Europe ties strain

France is discussing holding an informal emergency Ukraine summit in Paris with European countries on Monday.

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00:00EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE SET TO GATHER IN PARIS FOR AN EMERGENCY SUMMIT ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE

00:06TO DISCUSS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS NEXT WEEK.

00:09THE SUMMIT AIMS TO DISCUSS EUROPE'S RESPONSE AS THE UNITED STATES LOOKS TO MOVE AHEAD WITH

00:13RUSSIA PEACE TALKS.

00:15OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, WASHINGTON HAS MADE CLEAR ITS DESIRE TO BROKER A PEACE DEAL IN

00:19UKRAINE BUT HAS RULED OUT INCLUDING EUROPE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS.

00:23THE DEVELOPMENT HAS ANGERED EUROPEAN LEADERS WHO SAY NO LASTING PEACE CAN BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT

00:28EUROPEAN INVOLVEMENT.

00:30THE SUMMIT HAS NOT YET BEEN OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED, BUT EUROPEAN OFFICIALS AT THE MUNICH SECURITY

00:35CONFERENCE HAVE HINTED AT IT LIKELY HAPPENING ON MONDAY.

00:38WASHINGTON'S DECISION TO EXCLUDE EUROPE COMES DESPITE UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODMYR ZELENSKY'S

00:42INSISTENCE ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF BRUSSELS.

00:45SPEAKING AT THE CONFERENCE IN GERMANY, HE CALLED FOR THE FORMATION OF A EUROPEAN ARMY.

00:50ZELENSKY SAYS THE DAYS WHERE EUROPE CAN RELY ON THE U.S. ARE OVER, ARGUING THAT THE CONTINENT

00:55MUST REDUCE ITS RELIANCE ON ANYONE BUT ITSELF.