European countries are in a rush to finalise security guarantees for Ukraine ahead of a possible meeting between Ukraine's Zelenskyy and Russia's Putin that could take place in the coming weeks.

Some 30 countries have been in talks since February as part of a so-called "Coalition of the Willing", with the deployment of a "reassurance force" to deter Russia from any further attacks one of the ideas on the table.

"Our Chiefs of Staff have worked on it within the coalition of the willing. Several states are ready to do so, from training to logistics, to a presence in non-hot zones, that is, not on the front line, not in contested territories, but to have a presence of allied forces alongside Ukraine," French President Macron said on Sunday.

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