About 30 leaders, including Kyriakos Mitsotakis, meet today in Paris to discuss with Volodimir Zelenski the strengthening of military support toward Ukraineto review the efforts to cease fire and evaluate the role they could play if a peace agreement with Russia is reached.

At the third summit of the “willing”, as France called it, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, NATO Secretary -General Mark Rutte, Italian Prime Minister George Meloni and Turkish Vice -President Juv.

“First and foremost (we will discuss) immediate support for Ukraine. It must continue because it is necessary to continue the resistance, ”the president said Emmanuel Macron To reporters on Wednesday night at a press conference with Zelenski.

Macron pledged yesterday for an additional 2 billion euros in military support in Ukraine, with Zelenski saying that other partners could announce help packages today.

The figure wants to create a role for Europe in any talks about ending the conflict. While the United States is not present, French officials say the results of the summit will be communicated to the US government.

The discussions will focus on how Ukraine will be militarily strengthened to prevent future attacks and how the partial truce will be controlled on maritime targets and energy infrastructure under the agreement in Saudi Arabia.

European efforts, led by Macron and Kir Starmer, to create security guarantees in favor of Ukraine are evolving from sending troops to examine alternatives due to political and logistical restrictions and because of the possibility of opposing Russia and US plans.

According to a letter from the Summit, which has been aware of Reuters, there is a reference to a future force that will oversee the truce in Ukraine away from the first line “as part of a future peacekeeping and with the support of the United States”.

Such a force in Ukraine will aim to provide security guarantees and prevent future aggression from Russia.

“The goal is to allow Ukraine to maintain the situation on its territory and resist Russian aggression, while building the credible elements of this enduring peace,” Macron said.

Zelenski said he hoped that there would be more clarity about which countries will eventually commit to such a force.

“We are waiting for new and strong decisions. We need to move on to discussions on security guarantees and the presence of our partners in Ukraine, ”he said.

“We will see what is possible and what cannot be done. It’s not simple and I think it’s still too early. “

Ukraine and Russia were denied on Wednesday that they had violated a truce in energy blows by the United States, and the European Union said it would not fulfill Russia’s terms for a planned ceasefire in the Black Sea.