“Twenty-six countries have formalized their contributions very precisely,” Macron said, adding: “We now have 26 countries that have formally committed to deploy a force of reassurance for Ukraine armed forces … to be present on the ground, at sea or in the sky.”
The plan will be discussed with Washington in the coming days, Macron said.
“We discussed in detail the readiness of each country to contribute to ensuring security on land, at sea, in the air and in cyberspace,” Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy posted on his Telegram channel. “We coordinated positions and discussed the components of security guarantees.”
After hashing out their possible contributions, leaders held a call with Trump, who was represented in Paris by his special envoy Steve Witkoff.
The U.S. president and coalition of the willing leaders talked about ramping up pressure on Moscow with possible additional sanctions, including targeting Russia’s allies such as China, Zelenskyy said.
Trump was also “very unhappy” that Russian oil is still being bought by two European countries, Hungary and Slovakia, Zelenskyy said. Both skew toward the Kremlin and are buying Russian oil shipped via the Druzhba pipeline — which Ukraine bombed last month, sparking outrage from Hungary.
