UK, France, Germany to host meeting of Ukraine allies

The conference of a ‘coalition of the willing’ comes hours before Zelensky’s expected meeting with his US counterpart, who met Russia’s Putin on Friday

European allies are due to meet amid reports that US President Donald Trump favours a Russian land grab in Ukraine to end the war.

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will host the meeting on Sunday afternoon.

The video conference of allies who plan to keep the peace in Ukraine comes ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s White House meeting with Trump on Monday.

The leaders of Britain, France and Germany will host a video call involving Kyiv’s allies in a “coalition of the willing” to discuss steps towards peace in Ukraine, the French presidency said.