British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrived in Kyiv on Saturday to meet with President Zelensky.
The gathering is to place pressure on Russia to agree to a ceasefire, a day after Putin hosted his allies for a Red Square Victory Day parade.
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland arrived in Kyiv on Saturday for talks with Ukrainian President Zelensky in a show of unity of the ‘coalition of the willing’.
The summit will discuss a US and European proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the Russian war in Ukraine that, if refused by Moscow, would see them jointly impose new sanctions, a French diplomatic source said.
US this morning has warned that Putin is feared to be plotting an attack on the Ukrainian capital while the leaders are in attendance.
American officials issued a public warning, which read: ‘The US Embassy in Kyiv has received information concerning a potentially significant air attack that may occur at any time over the next several days.
‘The Embassy, as always, recommends US citizens be prepared to immediately shelter in the event an air alert is announced.’
It is the first time a meeting of global leaders is being held in the country since the outbreak of war after the Russian invasion in February 2022.
