French President Emmanuel Macron will host a summit of Ukraine’s top allies on Thursday to follow up on last month’s talk of security guarantees amid shrinking hopes of a rapid ceasefire.

The meeting of the so-called "coalition of the willing," which will be attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in person and a number of other leaders virtually, will assess its next steps to assist Kyiv as Russia still refuses to commit to a ceasefire, the French presidency said in a statement.

It was not immediately clear whether the U.S. would participate in the talks and if so, at what level. Defense ministers would meet virtually the day before, according to the French defense ministry.

Thursday’s meeting comes in the wake of European leaders’ summit on Ukraine with U.S. President Dona

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