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EUROPEAN leaders will join Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington DC for crunch talks with Donald Trump, it has emerged.

Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’

The show of unity comes amid fears Volodymyr Zelensky could be in for a repeat of his last tumultuous visit to the White House at the end of February

Western leaders will host a call of the coalition of the willing on Sunday to discuss steps to ending the war in Ukraine.

The Donetsk and Luhansk provinces in the Donbas region form the industrial heartland of Ukraine

Russia is complicating efforts to get a ceasefire in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

Russia continues to target Ukrainian cities firing hundreds of missiles and projectiles daily despite ongoing peace efforts, led by the United States. Ukrainian officials say their unwillingness to dial back their offensive reflects their lack of sincere interest in peace.

The coalition of the willing, the alliance which is planning to police a future peace deal, will meet on Sunday afternoon.

Leaders of France, Germany and Britain will host a video call on Sunday for their so-called "coalition of the willing" to discuss steps towards ending the war in Ukraine, after Donald Trump dropped his push for a ceasefire after his Alaska summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

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The US president urged his Ukrainian counterpart to strike a deal with Russia to end the deadliest conflict since the Second World War