Closing summary
… and on that note, it’s a wrap!
The leaders of the Coalition of the Willing have finalised a plan for potential security guarantees for Ukraine, with 26 countries declaring readiness to get directly involved, French president Emmanuel Macron said after a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris (16:25).
The plan will be now taken to the US with the intention of formalising it in the coming days, Macron said (16:46).
Speaking alongside him, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the key task was to deprive Russia of resources to continue the war (16:37), and offer Ukraine strong and legally binding guarantees of its security for the future (16:49).
Meanwhile, Finland’s president Alexander Stubb revealed that during the leaders’ conversation with Trump this afternoon, the US president suggested the two sides coordinate more closely on sanctions, targeting Russia’s oil and gas revenues (17:11).
A number of European leaders sought to project their unity in a series of comments and social media posts declaring their support for Ukraine (13:48, 14:00, 14:55).
Nato secretary general Mark Rutte warned against being “naive” about Russia as he said Moscow would remain a long-term threat, particularly given its increasingly close relations with the likes of China and North Korea (10:09, 13:42)
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Finland's Stubb says Trump wants US, Europe to combine on sanctions targeting Russian oil and gas
Finland’s president Alexander Stubb said president Donald Trump in a call with European leaders on Thursday suggested the US and Europe should act together on further sanctions against Russia, and that sanctions on oil and gas were up for discussion.
“Trump’s approach was very much that we must act together on sanctions policy and now look for ways in particular to halt Russia’s war machine by economic means,” Stubb told Finnish media after the meeting, Reuters reported.
“In that case there are two targets, namely oil and gas. The President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and President Trump’s close advisers will discuss this over the next 24 hours,” Stubb said.
