Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rolls into Paris on Thursday for a high-stakes security jam session with top European leaders. 🇫🇷✈️ They'll be brainstorming new guarantees to shield Ukraine from any future Russian attacks if a peace deal with Moscow finally happens.
In the spotlight are European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Macron teams up with Starmer to co-chair the talks, dubbed a 'coalition of the willing', seeking rock-solid proposals for a multinational troop deployment backed by U.S. muscle. 💪🤝
Von der Leyen told the Financial Times that Europe is sketching out 'pretty precise plans' for a peacekeeping force, but Germany's defense minister, Boris Pistorius, called those ideas premature, saying she didn't have the mandate. 🤔
Security guarantees are front and center in Kyiv's push for a European peacekeeping force and NATO-style defense promises—if alliance membership is off the table. Russia, however, has warned it won't tolerate any Western troops in Ukraine. 🔴❌
With tensions riding high, these Paris talks could be the critical step toward a peace deal that sticks—and the world is watching. 👀🕊️
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