A meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the latest proposed peace plan for Ukraine has concluded in London.
The plan was drawn up during talks between US and Ukrainian officials last week in Florida, the BBC reports.
Zelensky left Downing Street and headed to Brussels, where he is scheduled to hold talks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this evening.
It was also announced that he will speak with Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni in Rome tomorrow, Tuesday.
European leaders are seeking to support Ukraine amid growing impatience from US President Donald Trump, the AP agency writes.
No statements were planned after the meeting, and a statement from Downing Street is expected.
Ahead of the two-and-a-half-hour meeting in London, Starmer, Markon and Merck gave stronger support to Kiev.
The British Prime Minister stressed the need for a "just and lasting ceasefire" and said that the push for peace was at a "critical stage", while Merz said he was "sceptical" about some details of the document published by the US and that this was why they met, as well as because "the coming days could be decisive for all of us".
The Elysee Palace announced after the meeting that "the leaders continued to work together on the American plan to complement it with a European contribution in close coordination with Ukraine."
The advisers are finalizing this work ahead of "talks between Europeans, Americans and Ukrainians that should be more coordinated in the coming days," the statement said.
"At the same time, in-depth work will be carried out to provide Ukraine with robust security guarantees and to plan measures for the reconstruction of Ukraine," the Yeisel Palace says.
European leaders are working to ensure that the ceasefire is backed by strong European and US guarantees for Ukraine's security to deter Russia from attacking again, but Trump has not explicitly spoken about this.
Zelensky said before today's meeting that Ukraine needs the support of both Europe and the United States.
Speaking to reporters last night, Trump appeared irritated with Zelensky and claimed that the Ukrainian leader "hasn't read the proposal" of the peace plan yet, AP reports.
"I think it's good for Russia, but I'm not sure it's good for Zelensky... he hasn't read it," Trump said in Washington.
Ukraine's chief negotiator, Rustem Umerov, then said that Zelensky had yet to receive "all the relevant documents." Ukrainian officials have made brief statements about the plan, and few details about the negotiations have been made public.
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