European leaders, Zelenskyy hold pre-Washington talks on Ukraine | World News

A meeting of European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, held ahead of talks in Washington, has concluded, Poland’s foreign miner said on Sunday.
“The Western Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine meeting concluded ahead of tomorrow’s talks in Washington,” Radoslaw Sikorski wrote on X. “I emphasised that for peace to come, pressure must be placed on the aggressor, not the victim.”

Zakończyło się spotkanie zachodniej Koalicji Chętnych na rzecz Ukrainy przed jutrzejszymi rozmowami w Waszyngtonie. Podkreśliłem, że a nastał pokój, trzeba wywrzeć nacisk na agresora a nie na ofiarę agresji. pic.twitter.com/SXRvHmj2Ea
— Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 (@sikorskiradek) August 17, 2025
The gathering took place video link and included several of Ukraine’s key allies. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron joined the talks, with Zelenskyy appearing on screen, CNN reported.
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb also confirmed his participation. “Today, I participated in a meeting of heads of state and government from the Coalition of the Willing in support of Ukraine,” he wrote on X.

Today, I participated in a meeting of heads of state and government from the Coalition of the Willing in support of Ukraine. There is a strong consensus among the Coalition countries on the need to continue supporting Ukraine.
Europe and the United States are further…
— Alexander Stubb (@alexstubb) August 17, 2025
He added that “there is a strong consensus among the Coalition countries on the need to continue supporting Ukraine.”