French President Macron told President Trump Monday that Europe is ready to “step up” defence spending but said he hoped for “strong” US involvement in securing any peace settlement in Ukraine. Macron said he and Trump would discuss “long-lasting peace” in Ukraine but that Kyiv “must be involved” in talks to end the war. He said some European countries would be ready to have peacekeepers in Ukraine as a security guarantee after a peace treaty was signed, although they would not be sent to the front line.
