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Ukraine crisis to dominate EU leaders’ Versailles summit

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French President Emmanuel Macron will instead spearhead a crisis summit to answer Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s brutal disruption to decades of stability in Europe. EU leaders are scrambling to find ways to urgently address the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that has imperiled the bloc’s economy. The meeting at Versailles was set to be the high point of France’s six-month EU presidency.

The 27 heads of state and government meet as fighting raged for a 15th day in Ukraine. More than two million refugees have fled the country, mainly to Poland but also to countries across Europe. EU leaders are expected to seriously consider Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plea to join the EU.

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