The leaders of the Coalition of the Willing countries supporting Ukraine will hold an online meeting on Thursday, as Ukraine prepares to hand over a finalized draft of its peace plan to the US.
The Coalition of the Willing, chaired by France and Britain, is a group of predominantly European countries committed to providing Ukraine security guarantees in the event of a ceasefire.
As per Reuters, the videoconference will take place on Thursday afternoon. President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to join the call with French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Also on Wednesday, Zelensky said that “today’s schedule includes a conversation with the American side on a document detailing the process of Ukraine’s recovery and economic development after the war.”
Zelensky previously confirmed that Ukraine is working on three documents as part of revised proposals on negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine – one of which is focused on the country’s economic recovery after the war.
One of the remaining documents is a “constantly changing” framework intended to balance Ukrainian, US, and European interests, and the other is concerned with postwar security guarantees.
The Coalition of the Willing was formed by Ukraine’s European allies after US President Donald Trump and US Vice President JD Vance attacked Zelensky in a televised Oval Office interview in February.
Trump had repeatedly criticized Europe and NATO for what he saw as their military reliance on the US.
Starmer, Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke to US President Donald Trump about Ukraine on Wednesday morning.
Although details about the content of their discussion remain sparse, a UK government statement says that the four leaders “agreed that this was a critical moment – for Ukraine, its people and for shared security across the Euro-Atlantic region.”
“Intensive work on the peace plan is continuing and will continue in the coming days,” the statement reads.
Macron, meanwhile, told the audience at a public debate in southwestern France that he and the other leaders had spoken for 40 minutes on the “subject which concerns all of us.”