Overview
- The French presidency announced that coalition leaders will meet by videoconference on Thursday afternoon, with no full participant list released.
- Downing Street confirmed Prime Minister Keir Starmer will join the call, and President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will participate.
- France and the United Kingdom co-lead the ad hoc Coalition of the Willing that is convening the meeting.
- Paris framed the goal as advancing security guarantees for Kyiv with an important U.S. contribution, according to official briefings.
- The call follows Zelensky’s E3 consultations in London on a revised peace plan and parallel U.S.–Ukraine talks on reconstruction and economic development.