While on a historic visit to Kyiv, French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday the United States had committed to monitor a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine proposed by Kyiv’s European allies.
Macron said the ceasefire “will be monitored mainly by the United States of America, to which all Europeans will contribute,” AFP reported, and that the truce would pave the way for “immediate work and negotiations on parties involved to build a robust and lasting peace.”
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The statement comes as President Volodymyr Zelensky hosted leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Poland in Kyiv – an unprecedented joint visit to Ukraine for talks meant to increase pressure on Russia to accept a ceasefire.
Shortly after they arrived in the morning, Zelensky, Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump.
US President Donald Trump has proposed a 30-day unconditional ceasefire as a step to end the conflict. But Russian President Vladimir Putin has consistently found a way to sidestep any commitment to an unconditional ceasefire that would represent more than a token gesture to placate American wishes.
Ukraine and its European allies have agreed to call on Russia to accept a 30-day unconditional ceasefire starting Monday, Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Saturday.
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“Ukraine and all allies are ready for a full unconditional ceasefire on land, air, and at sea for at least 30 days starting already on Monday,” Andriy Sybiha said in a post on X.
Macron warned also warned on Saturday that Russia would face “massive” coordinated European and US sanctions if it broke a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine proposed by Kyiv’s Western allies.
“In the event of a violation of this ceasefire, we have agreed that massive sanctions will be prepared and coordinated between Europeans and Americans,” Macron told a press conference in Kyiv.
UK Prime Minister Starmer said Saturday there was “absolute unity” between Kyiv’s allies on a proposed 30-day ceasefire with Russia.
“The position we’ve now got to today is absolute unity across a whole range of countries around the world, including the United States, that there must be that 30-day unconditional ceasefire,” Starmer told a press conference in Kyiv.
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