French President Emmanuel Macron says that a proposed European armed force for possible deployment in Ukraine in tandem with an eventual peace deal could “respond” to a Russian attack if Moscow launched one.

The volunteer coalition agrees in Paris not to lift economic sanctions on Russia. Emmanuel Macron has managed to gather more than 30 European leaders in his call in Paris for the volunteer coalition in support of Ukraine,

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday evening in Paris to prepare a summit of the 'Coalition of the Willing', a group of countries ready to provide Ukraine with long-term security guarantees.