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Even as Europeans sought to display a united front in their support of Ukraine at a meeting of defense ministers in Brussels on Thursday, concerns are mounting that they could be left out in the cold by a Trump administration push to work with Russia to end the war.<\/p>\n

European leaders and top officials have insisted that Ukraine must have a seat at the table as peace plans are drawn and that the process should not be rushed because that could leave the embattled nation in a place of weakness during negotiations.<\/p>\n

But there has been a growing concern among NATO allies that the United States will take a different approach \u2014 even as it is prodding Europeans to shoulder more of the bill for whatever peace plan comes to pass.<\/p>\n

President Trump announced<\/a> on Wednesday that he had a \u201clengthy and highly productive phone call\u201d with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. He characterized it as the beginning of a negotiation to end the war in Ukraine without mentioning a role for Europe or Ukraine\u2019s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, with whom he had a call as well. That, paired with comments<\/a> from Mr. Trump and his defense secretary painting key Ukrainian goals as unrealistic, has helped to stoke fears that the United States could fail to take European concerns into account in its push for an end to the conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be no credible and successful negotiations, no lasting peace, without Ukraine and without the E.U.,\u201d said Antonio Costa, the president of the European Council, part of the European Union\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeace cannot be a simple cease-fire,\u201d Mr. Costa wrote in a social media post<\/a> on Thursday afternoon, and \u201cRussia must no longer be a threat to Ukraine, to Europe, to international security.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leaders at the NATO meeting pushed back on the idea that Ukraine and European allies were being left out of the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are intensely consulting amongst each other, including with the United States,\u201d Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary general, said during a news conference in Brussels on Thursday afternoon following the meeting. \u201cWhat we did the last 24 hours was also very much about getting to the same page.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Rutte emphasized the NATO meeting\u2019s areas of agreement for the United States and Europe: European spending on defense is already ramping up, he said, in line with President Trump\u2019s demands; Ukraine\u2019s allies are dedicated to bringing the country a durable peace; and defense production must be increased.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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