France invited the foreign and defense ministers of Ukraine’s key allies, as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, to discuss assistance to Kyiv, reports Reuters. “President Emmanuel Macron faced a backlash from many Western allies after he openly discussed the idea of sending Western troops to Ukraine at a Paris-based conference on Ukraine last week,” the material says. Reuters reports that a further conference involving ministers and senior diplomats from approximately 28 countries was planned in Paris, but it was postponed to a video call due to criticism that the meeting was too…