Zelenskyy to meet Macron, Merz and Starmer in London on Sunday, France says

The leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London on Sunday to discuss putting pressure on Russia as it suffers military setbacks in the invasion of its neighbour, the French presidency said on Friday.

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will discuss with Zelenskyy the way forwards at a time when "Russia, in a state of military, economic and strategic failure, is persisting unsuccessfully with a deadly war," the Élysée Palace said.

The meeting, which will get under way at Downing Street from around 5:30 pm, will also "take stock of the work undertaken in favour of a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and on the European continent", the French presidency said.

Speaking at an EU-Western Balkans summit in Montenegro, Macron also said that the next meeting of Coalition of the Willing members will take place in Paris on 13-14 July.

"We will meet President Zelenskyy in a few days to organise support within the Coalition of the Willing and structure it," Macron said.