Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky walks out alongside French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer – and with that the press conference will begin shortly.

First the leaders each sign a declaration of intent between the three countries – relating to the deployment of multi-national forces.

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An elephant in the room throughout today’s talkspublished at 18:04 GMT

Katya Adler
BBC Europe editor

The so-called Coalition of the Willing, largely made up of European leaders, met in Paris with envoys of US President Donald Trump, to try to make further progress on a sustainable peace deal for Ukraine.

With Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky insisting a plan to end the war with Russia is “90% of the way there”, no-one in that room wanted to jeopardise keeping the Americans onboard.

But there was an immense elephant in that grand and glittering Paris meeting – and the underlying atmosphere was extremely tense.

Bear in mind the events of the last few days: the Trump administration’s controversial intervention in Venezuela and the US president’s insistence soon after, that “we need Greenland from the standpoint of national security”.

Greenland is the world’s largest island – it’s six times the size of Germany. It lies in the Arctic but is an autonomous territory of Denmark’s.

At the Paris meeting, Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, was sitting opposite two powerful figures representing Trump – special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

She was under pressure from her European colleagues not to antagonise the US over Greenland, in case that impacts US support for Ukraine.

Europe’s leaders would have far preferred to keep Greenland and the debate on Ukraine separate. But with the political temperature mounting from Washington and Copenhagen, leaders of big European nations at the Paris meeting issued a statement saying: “It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland”.

• Read more: The painful questions for Nato and the EU as Trump threatens Greenland

The outstanding 10% of the agreement, that Zelensky says is yet to be decided, concerns territorial concessions Kyiv is being asked to agree to.

Moscow currently controls about 75% of the Donetsk region, and some 99% of the neighbouring Luhansk. The two regions form the industrial region of Donbas.

Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and has been making slow progress on the ground recently and, therefore, is unwilling to compromise on its aim to seize full control of Donbas.

In Paris, Ukraine’s allies are expected to seek agreement on details that include a multi-national force to reassure the country after a peace deal – as well as what security guarantees to offer Ukraine in the event of a renewed Russian attack, and helping Ukraine’s armed forces and its economy.

For months, a so-called “backstop” has been on the agenda – the desire among Ukraine’s European allies to secure a pledge from the US that it will be involved in responding to Russia should it violate the terms of a peace deal.

Following talks between Zelensky and Trump in Florida last month, the Ukrainian leader said Washington had offered security guarantees for 15 years – but a time frame for their implementation is not yet clear.

• Read more: Macron hosts Ukraine and allies to try to cement security guarantees

Rorey Bosotti
Live page editor

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to address the media within the next hour, following the latest meeting with some of his country’s key allies.

Officials from the so-called Coalition of the Willing have come together in Paris as efforts intensify to agree security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a ceasefire with Russia.

Zelensky has also been speaking separately with French President Emmanuel Macron, and US mediators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Today’s talks come six days after the Ukrainian president said a peace agreement is “90% ready” and that the remaining 10% would “determine the fate of peace, the fate of Ukraine and Europe”.

Macron, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are expected to join Zelensky during today’s press update.

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