In a joint message published on Friday evening by French president Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and UK Prime Ministers Keir Starmer and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed that on Saturday they would come to Kiev to show their "unwavering" support for Ukraine - said AFP agency.
The 4 leaders will first go to Ukraine together and, following in the footsteps of the United States, intend to appeal to Russia for "total and unconditional 30-day ceasefire".
'We confirm our support for president Trump's calls for a peace agreement and we call on Russia to halt blocking it', wrote 4 leaders in a message - together with the United States, we call on Russia to accept a full and unconditional 30-day ceasefire to let for talks for a fair and lasting peace'.
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— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) May 9, 2025They added that in Ukraine they besides want to give "a tribute to defenders of Ukraine killed and wounded in this war led by Russia, on Majdan, where flags to commemorate these victims float".
"We will proceed to increase our support for Ukraine. We will intensify our force on the Russian war device until Russia agrees to a permanent ceasefire," the leaders of France, Germany, large Britain and Poland wrote and described the Saturday visit as "historic".
Meeting with Zelenski
As AFP, Macron, Merz, Starmer and Tusk write In Kiev, they will meet with the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski and will hold a distant gathering with the another leaders of the “voluntary coalition”, i.e. countries ready to grant Ukraine a “security guarantee”.
According to a joint statement, another countries are to be informed of "the advancement made to form a future coalition that will bring the air, land and sea forces together to assist in the reconstruction of Ukrainian armed forces after possible peace agreement and build assurance in future peace".
AFP stresses that the visit to Kiev of the leaders of France, Germany, large Britain and Poland is meant to constitute a symbolic consequence to the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the russian Union's triumph over Nazi Germany in planet War II, held on Friday in Red Square in the capital of Russia.
'The Coalition of the Volunteers'
The 'Voluntary Coalition' was established on 2 March at the initiative of UK Prime Minister Keira Starmerand in order to make a comprehensive support plan for Ukraine, to guarantee its continued access to arms and to take action to end the war.
They belong to her. 33 countries – mainly European, as well as Australia, fresh Zealand, Japan and Turkey. The coalition did not include the USA, any Balkan states, Hungary and Slovakia.
Request for ceasefire
Thursday US president Donald Trump again called for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire, Threatening to sanction a truce. He besides announced that he would stay engaged in peace talks with Europeans.
"Conversations with Russia/Ukraine continue. The United States calls for, in an perfect case, a 30-day unconditional ceasefire" - wrote Trump in an entry on the fact Social portal inserted after a conversation with Zelenski.
U.S. Embassy Warning
On Friday evening, the U.S. embassy in Ukraine appealed to U.S. citizens residing in Ukraine for caution due to the hazard of a massive Russian air strike.
The informing was published on the embassy website. The American facility reported in its communication that "it received information about a possibly significant an air strike that may happen at any time in the next fewer days".
"Ambassade, as always recommends that U.S. citizens be ready to search refuge immediately in case of anti-aircraft alert" – highlighted in the Communication.
A list of recommendations to US citizens in Ukraine was besides presented, including uncovering an anti-aircraft shelter, monitoring raid warnings, gathering food and water supplies.
PAP
