Overview

• Macron and Starmer will co-chair the July 10 coalition of the willing meeting in London during Macron’s state visit to the U.K.
• Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and other European leaders, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, will join via video link from Rome.
• Agenda items include sustaining Ukraine’s combat capabilities, ramping up diplomatic and military pressure on Russia and planning a post-ceasefire reassurance force.
• The coalition has not convened since March due to disagreements over a U.S. military backstop and the deployment of multinational troops.
• The meeting seeks to fill gaps left by paused U.S. air defense shipments and reinforce European coordination on Ukraine support.