Western leaders arrive at France's Élysée Palace for the 'Coalition of the Willing' meeting, including:

🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Zelensky
🇫🇷 French President Macron
🇪🇺 EU Commission President von der Leyen
🇫🇮 Finnish President Stubb
🇩🇰 Danish PM Frederiksen
🇵🇱 Polish PM Tusk
🇺🇸 US Special Envoy Witkoff

Others are expected join via video call, with a call to 🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump also planned.

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🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺 • NATO Secretary-General, Mark Rutte:

Why are we interested in what Russia thinks about troops in Ukraine? It's a sovereign country. It's snot for them to decide.

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🇩🇪🇨🇿 • Czech Republic to purchase 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks from Germany for $1.6 billion, with deliveries set for 2028–31.

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🇩🇰🇺🇦 • Denmark to host production of fuel for Ukraine’s long-range FP-5 "Flamingo" heavy cruise missiles, marking the first overseas expansion for a Ukrainian defense firm.

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🇩🇪 • A car has driven into a group of people in the German capital Berlin, injuring several, including children, according to BILD.

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🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦 • French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the United States has committed to participating in security guarantees for Ukraine following the end of the war, with details to be finalized in the coming days.

At the "Coalition of the Willing" summit in Paris, Macron revealed that 35 countries are part of the coalition, with 26 nations pledging to deploy troops as part of a "reassurance force" to support Ukraine post-war. The forces will include land, air, and sea-based roles to ensure lasting peace and deter future aggression.

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🇮🇹 • Giorgio Armani has died, he was 91 years old.

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇨🇳🇷🇺 • US President Trump emphasized that European leaders must place economic pressure on China (PRC) "for funding Russia's war efforts."

Source: White House official to Reuters

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🇸🇰🇺🇦 • Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in western Ukraine's Uzhhoro.

Fico expressed support for Ukraine’s accession in to the EU and expressed hopes for a just and lasting settlement and peace.

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🇬🇧 • UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer appoints Foreign Secretary David Lammy as the new Deputy Prime Minister, while also retaining his role as Justice Secretary. Yvette Cooper steps into the role of Foreign Secretary, per Sky News

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🇩🇪🇮🇱 • Germany is set to buy three Israeli Heron drones for nearly €1 billion despite mounting criticism over Israel's ongoing Gaza offensive.

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🇬🇧 • Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, confirms the party’s plan to detain and deport all individuals who illegally cross the English Channel, stating, "Men and women, children we'll have to think about."

Farage also confirmed that, if elected, his government will also deport Afghan women back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. The right-wing party leader dismissed criticism saying that he prioritizes the rights of the British people.

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🇵🇱🇧🇾 • Poland asks nationals to leave Belarus immediately

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺 • US demands EU stops buying Russian gas if it wants new sanctions on Putin, — FT

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🇩🇪🇷🇺 • German Chancellor Friedrich Merz:

Everything indicates that Putin's imperalist plans will not end with Ukraine's conquest, but instead only begin there.

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🇭🇺🇷🇺🇨🇳🇪🇺🇺🇦 • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

The US recognizes it can’t beat China economically, Russia has won in Ukraine, and Europe is weak and divided.

The West has lost its values; true “Western civilization” now survives in Central Europe.

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🇪🇸🇮🇱 • Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez announces measures against Israel: permanent arms embargo, ban on ships & aircraft carrying weapons to Israel using Spanish ports or airspace, embargo on settlement goods, and entry ban for alleged perpetrators of "genocide" in Gaza. Spain also pledges €150M in aid for Gaza by 2026. Israel slams moves as "antisemitic" and "anti-Israeli", bans Spanish ministers from entering the country.

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🇪🇸🇮🇱 • Spain has recalled its ambassador from Israel.

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🇫🇷 • French government collapses after Prime Minister François Bayrou lost crucial confidence vote in parliament.

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