France, Feb. 26 -- French President Emmanuel Macron will brief fellow European Union leaders on Wednesday on his talks in Washington with his American counterpart Donald Trump as part of the preparations for next month's emergency summit on European support for Ukraine.

Antonio Costa, who heads the European Council representing the bloc's 27 member states, announced on social media that he had organised a videoconference with Macron who spent Monday - the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine - in the US capital.

Europe has scrambled for a unified response since Trump declared on 12 February that he was ready to negotiate with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin over ending the war.

Macron, who was president during Trump's fi...