"We are ready as Europeans to offer security guarantees to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, the day a peace deal is signed," Macron said, adding, "The preparatory work is done." Macron was hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Elysee Palace in Paris on the eve of a meeting of leaders of the coalition of the willing group of nations supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia. Zelenskyy said the united position of Europe, Ukraine and the United States would help to increase pressure on Russia to move towards a diplomatic solution although he said he did not see any signals that Russia wanted to end the war. Russian forces launched a sweeping air attack on Ukraine on Wednesday, damaging energy and transport infrastructure. Amid an international push to broker an end to Russia's three-and-a-half-year-old war, Kyiv wants security guarantees to deter any future Russian attacks.
