SaralnamaThe so-called Coalition of the Willing is meeting today in Paris and online for further talks on security guarantees for Ukraine in case of a peace deal with Russia. Hosted by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, a group of mostly European leaders – including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy – will discuss how to turn their will to help Ukraine into concrete, specific guarantees that would give Ukraine the confidence that any peace arrangement with Russia could hold. Welcoming Zelenskyy last night, Macron announced that, after months of work by military planners, Europe was finally ready to provide the guarantees and would politically endorse their plan at the meeting today. Let’s see what it entails. The leaders start arriving around 9am BST, 10am CEST for talks among themselves, before holding a call with US president Donald Trump at 1pm BST/2pm… (Updated 4 Sep 2025, 14:03 IST; source: link)
Key Points
- The so-called Coalition of the Willing is meeting today in Paris and online for further talks on security guarantees for Ukraine in case of a peace deal with Russia
- Hosted by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, a group of mostly European leaders – including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy – will discuss how to turn their will to help Ukraine into concrete, specific guarantees that would give Ukraine the confidence that any peace arrangement with Russia could hold
- Welcoming Zelenskyy last night, Macron announced that, after months of work by military planners, Europe was finally ready to provide the guarantees and would politically endorse their plan at the meeting today