European leaders to host Zelensky at Downing Street as pressure on Russia mounts
European leaders will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in London to coordinate military support, intensify pressure on Russia and seek consensus on a just-peace framework, French President Emmanuel Macron told Euronews about the agenda.
According to Euronews, the Downing Street meeting will include the UK prime minister, the German chancellor, French President Emmanuel Macron, the Italian prime minister, the Polish prime minister and the President of the European Council. The three main agenda items are coordinating aid, tightening sanctions on Russia and working through the framework for a just peace.
Macron said the European Union is considering using interest income from frozen Russian assets to channel an additional 50 billion euros in military procurement support to Ukraine. Germany proposed a fresh delivery schedule for Patriot batteries and IRIS-T systems, while Italy signalled it could add a 1.2-billion-euro civilian package focused on repairing energy infrastructure before winter.
Diplomatic sources in London told Euronews that European production capacity for gunpowder, air defence and submarine-cable jamming is on a trajectory to triple. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU's sixteenth sanctions package focuses on Russian energy sub-suppliers, shadow-fleet tankers and third-country firms enabling sectoral leakage.
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