Stunned Europeans make plans after US announcements on Ukraine

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European leaders on the final day of the Munich Security Conference on Sunday sought to firm up how the European Union can move from talk to more action as Washington pushes to stop the fighting in Ukraine.

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00:00EUROPEAN LEADERS WERE LEFT CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THE RECENT ACTIONS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

00:07CONCERNING THE ONGOING WAR IN UKRAINE AND EUROPEAN DEFENCE.

00:11THEY'RE SET TO MEET IN PARIS TO ADDRESS THE UNCERTAINTY AND FIND A SOLUTION TO THEIR GROWING

00:16CONCERNS ABOUT BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE PEACE PROCESS.

00:21The message from Munich is clear.

00:25Europe is not nice to have.

00:27Europe is a must have.

00:29President Macron is preparing for a European leaders' meeting for an emergency summit

00:35tomorrow in Paris.

00:39We Europeans need a plan for peace on our continent.

00:45The U.S. announced they will meet with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia in the coming days

00:51to start talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

00:55However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine wasn't invited to the talks,

01:01with fears growing of jeopardised Ukrainian sovereignty and weakened European security.

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