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Zelenskyy Meets UK France Germany Leaders in London

Published 5 June 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the leaders of Britain, France, and Germany in London on Sunday, June 7, to coordinate military support and discuss a unified European approach to potential peace negotiations. The summit, hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and attended by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, came amid a new wave of deadly attacks across Ukraine and a public exchange of diplomatic proposals between Kyiv and Moscow.

The leaders issued a joint statement condemning Russia's large-scale missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities, specifically citing the repeated use of Oreshnik hypersonic missiles and drone incursions into NATO territory. They expressed condolences for civilian casualties and called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to an immediate and complete ceasefire. The statement outlined five conditions for a just and lasting peace, including using the current line of contact as a starting point for negotiations, respecting Ukraine's sovereignty and right to choose its own security alliances, providing Ukraine with legally binding security guarantees, keeping Russian assets immobilized...

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