An unprecedented summit
“We will continue to increase our support for Ukraine. We will intensify our pressure on the Russian war machine until Russia accepts a lasting cease-fire, “they warn in a joint declaration.
“Coalition of volunteers”
In kyiv, the quartet must hold, alongside the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, a virtual meeting with the other leaders of the “coalition of volunteers”, these Western countries, essentially European, ready to provide “security guarantees” to Ukraine.
The French president and the British Prime Minister provide the management of this still blurred contours that has already met in Paris and London in recent months.
Putin under pressure
Europeans go to kyiv strong with Donald Trump’s call, who pressed Russia on Thursday to accept an “unconditional ceasefire of 30 days”. He threatened with new Western sanctions in the event of failure.
For his part, Vladimir Putin led a show of force by receiving around twenty foreign leaders, including Chinese Xi Jinping, on the Red Square in Moscow.
