The United States and its European partners will form a U.S.-led body to oversee a future Ukraine ceasefire as part of wider security guarantees, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.
The agreement was reached during the Coalition of the Willing meeting, which brought together leaders and senior officials from 35 countries, NATO, the EU, and Ukraine.
"Within the coalition, based on all the work carried out over recent months, we have consolidated our approach with, first, the establishment of ceasefire monitoring mechanisms, which will be placed under US leadership, with contributions from several states that have indicated their readiness,” Macron said.
He said the mechanism would be backed by closer military coordination among allies.
For the first time, the declaration recognizes what Macron described as "operational convergence” between the coalition countries, Ukraine, and the U.S. to build credible security guarantees for Kyiv.
