Allies rule out sending soldiers to Ukraine, as Macron suggests. “There will be no ground troops from European countries or NATO,” responds German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz.

The meeting was attended by 27 EU leaders and ministers plus NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, as well as representatives from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Sending troops to kyiv, of course, would mean crossing a red line that at this moment seems unimaginable.