The French President will host two dozen Ukrainian allies in Paris for a “surge of support”

The French President will host two dozen Ukrainian allies in Paris for a “surge of support”

Some twenty heads of state and government, mostly European, will gather in Paris on Monday at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron to push support for Ukraine.

Le Figaro reports this.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to address the meeting at the Elysee Palace via video conference.

The meeting will be attended by the vast majority of European leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish President Andrzej Duda, as well as prime ministers from about 15 EU countries.

The meeting will also be attended by representatives of the United States and Canada and the head of British diplomacy, David Cameron.

The talks in Paris will take place at a time when US support, which is important for Kyiv, is still blocked in Congress, and Emmanuel Macron will call on Europe to make a "collective breakthrough" against Russia, the newspaper notes.

The meeting will also discuss the increasing number of cyber and information attacks by an increasingly aggressive Russia, the Elysee Palace said.

The aim of the talks is to "mobilise and explore all means of effective support for Ukraine," the Elysee Palace said in a statement,

"It is about... confirming that we are not tired and that we are determined to defeat Russian aggression. We want to send a clear message to Putin that he will not win in Ukraine," Paris insists.