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Macron pledges 2 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine as European leaders meet in Paris

Macron pledges 2 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine as European leaders meet in Paris

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European leaders gathered in Paris for a summit to discuss a "coalition of the willing" to provide security to Ukraine, with the aim of laying out plans for a potential ceasefire. Macron stated that France and Britain are leading efforts to send a "reassurance force" to Ukraine, which was welcomed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. France pledged €2 billion in military aid to Ukraine, and more than 30 officials attended the meeting.

Olaf Scholz
Social Democratic Party of Germany
1. It makes no sense to end the sanctions as long as peace has not actually been achieved, and unfortunately we are still a long way from that.
Emmanuel Macron
Renaissance
1. These reassurance forces are a British-French proposition that is desired by Ukraine.
2. Europe must be prepared in case America is not with us, and if that means we have to act alone.
3. Europeans are more audacious, united and determined than a few weeks ago.
4. We do not need unanimity to achieve it.
Keir Starmer
Labour Party
1. There was complete clarity that now is not the time for the lifting of sanctions, quite the contrary – what we discussed is how we can increase sanctions to support the US initiative to bring Russia to the table from further pressure.
2. We will be ready to operationalize a peace deal whatever its precise shape turns out to be.
3. I don't want to put a hard deadline on this, but we need to see this developing in days and weeks, not months and months.
4. Now we're working at pace because we don't know if there'll be a deal – I certainly hope there will be – but if there's a deal, it's really important that we're able to react straight away.
Donald Tusk
Civic Platform
1. For us, good transatlantic relations are a strategic matter, and they must survive more than one term, one prime minister, one president, on both sides of the Atlantic.
Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry
1. It could lead to a direct military clash between Russia and NATO.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Ukraine Government
1. This is my goal — to see my kids walking along the streets without hiding.
2. We will work on security guarantees in coming days and weeks.
3. I believe that Witkoff indeed very frequently quotes Kremlin narratives.