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The French Presidency said President Emmanuel Macron spoke on Saturday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, European Council President António Costa, and NATO chief Mark Rutte.
According to the presidency, the discussions were part of preparations for a meeting of European leaders on Sunday in London, as well as a special European Union summit on 6 March.
Recall that Trump and Zelensky clashed during a White House meeting on Friday.
The confrontation arose due to differing visions on how to end Russia’s three-year invasion, with Zelensky seeking strong security guarantees from a Trump administration that has embraced diplomacy with Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
During the meeting, both presidents engaged in a heated argument.
Zelensky had been expected to sign a mineral deal with the US, which might have contributed to ending the war between Ukraine and Russia.
However, during the discussions, Zelensky accused Russia of failing to respect diplomacy and the ceasefire agreement, leading to continued loss of life.
Irked by his Ukrainian counterpart’s remarks, Trump accused Zelensky of attempting to provoke a third world war.
In other news, U.S. President Donald Trump, on Friday, abruptly truncated a sit-down with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, branding him “unprepared” for a détente with Russia—an explosive arguments unraveling in the Oval Office that cast a long shadow over hopes for a ceasefire.
Zelensky had rolled into Washington expecting a red-carpet White House affair, poised to seal a pact with the U.S. to tap Ukraine’s mineral wealth—a linchpin in a Stateside-orchestrated blueprint for rebuilding after years of war.
But the wheels came off almost instantly as a blistering showdown erupted in the Oval Office, with Trump and Vice President JD Vance unloading on Zelensky, their voices booming as they lambasted him for failing to show gratitude for America’s backing in Kyiv’s three-year slugfest against Russia’s onslaught.
