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05/10/2025May 10, 2025
Zelensky, European leaders hold phone talks with Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland have held phone talks with US President Donald Trump.
The conversation came after the leaders met in Kyiv, Ukraine’s foreign minister said.
“Following the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Kyiv, all five leaders had a fruitful call with (Trump) focused on peace efforts,” Andriy Sybiga said in a post on X.
At the same time, Sybiha said Ukraine was ready for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia from Monday.
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Germany’s Merz warns Russia of tougher sanctions if it refuses ceasefire
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned Russia will face more sanctions if it refuses a 30-day ceasefire, in an interview published on Saturday in the Bild newspaper.
If Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to the truce, “there will be a massive hardening of sanctions and the massive aid to Ukraine will continue — politically, of course, but also financially and militarily,” Merz said to the daily newspaper.
The German chancellor was visiting Kyiv on Saturday with the leaders of France, Britain and Poland.
“We agree with the US government, with [US President] Donald Trump. We are demanding a 30-day ceasefire so that peace negotiations can be prepared during this period,” he said.
“The ball is now in Putin’s court. Putin must respond to this offer.”
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Kyiv counting on new German arms supplies — Ukrainian ambassador
Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany on Saturday said he expects Chancellor Friedrich Merz to announce new to Kyiv.
“We very much hope that we will enter into these negotiations from a position of strength. I sense that the German-Ukrainian partnership with the new federal government, will be raised to a whole new level,” Oleksii Makeiev told reporters.
The new German government under Merz wants to keep arms deals with Kyiv under wraps, sources told the German news agency.
Makeiev also said that Kyiv was ready for a ceasefire.
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Zelenskyy hosts European leaders showing solidarity against Russia
Ukrainian President is hosting the leaders of France, Germany, Poland in Kyiv.
German Chancellor , British Prime Minister , French President and Polish Prime Minister are on their first joint visit to Ukraine.
The visit comes at an unpredictable diplomatic moment in Russia’s more than three-year-long war against Ukraine, with US President pushing for a quick peace agreement.
Trump called for a 30-day ceasefire and Zelenskyy said he would be ready to implement it immediately.
“We reiterate our backing for the President Trump’s calls for a peace deal and call on Russia to stop obstructing efforts to secure an enduring peace,” the European leaders said in a joint statement.
“We will continue to increase our support for Ukraine. Until Russia agrees to an enduring ceasefire, we will ratchet up pressure on Russia’s war machine,” they said.
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Poland’s Tusk joins other leaders in Kyiv
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk also arrived in Kyiv by train on Saturday morning.
“An important day lies ahead of us,” he posted on X.
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Skip next section Zelenskyy says leaders of ‘coalition of the willing’ to meet in Kyiv
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Zelenskyy says leaders of ‘coalition of the willing’ to meet in Kyiv
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said leaders from the “coalition of the willing” will meet in Kyiv on Saturday.
He did not say who all would be in attendance, but added that it would be an important meet for European security.
This coalition includes about 30 countries including Germany led by France and Britain, who are allied with Ukraine and willing to support it after a possible ceasefire.
The US is not part of this coalition, though President Donald Trump has urged Kyiv and Moscow to agree on terms of a ceasefire.
Kyiv has been calling on its European allies to send soldiers to enforce a potential ceasefire and ward off any potential future aggression by Russia, as well as urging them to increase sanctions.
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Kremlin says it supports 30-day ceasefire — with ‘nuances’
Russia supports the implementation of a 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict, but only with due consideration of “nuances” in the more than three-year-old war, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said late on Friday.
“This theme was long put forward by the Ukrainian side. And as soon as it was advanced by the (US administration of Donald Trump), it was supported by President (Vladimir) Putin with the reservation that it is very difficult to discuss this in detail if no answers are found to a large number of nuances around the notion of a ceasefire,” Peskov said.
Russia has previously said that the introduction of a long-term ceasefire depends on the establishment of mechanisms to monitor and maintain such a move.
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Macron, Merz, Starmer, Tusk in Kyiv; vow to put pressure on Russia
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland are visiting the Ukrainian capital, for talks with President .
French President , German Chancellor , Polish Prime Minister and UK Prime Minister visit is a hugely symbolic show of European unity.
It comes after Russian President struck a defiant tone at a Moscow parade marking 80 years since victory in World War II.
Ahead of the visit, the four leaders called on Russia to “agree a full and unconditional 30-day ceasefire” and warned that “we will ratchet up pressure on Russia’s war machine” until it does.
On Friday, Zelenskyy announced in a video conference that the “coalition of the willing” would meet in Kyiv on Saturday.
The “coalition of the willing” is made up of around 30 countries and is led by France and Britain. They are all working on plans to help Ukraine after a possible ceasefire
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