Live – Ukraine: Macron and several European leaders will go to Washington alongside Zelensky tomorrow

Friday, August 15, at the time of the Alaska summit, confidential documents on the course of the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were forgotten by the Trump team in the public printer of a hotel in anchorage. A spokesperson for the White House, Anna Kelly, said that it did not constitute a security flaw, qualifying these documents EE “Menu de lunch on several pages”.

The allies of Ukraine consult each other on Sunday, during a videoconference of the “coalition of volunteers”, concerning the constantly ceased preliminary peace agreement wanted by Donald Trump after his meeting with Vladimir Putin. The Russian president demands that Donbass, which brings together the regions of Donetsk and Lougansk, goes entirely under Russian control before any possible concession on his part on the regulation of the war in Ukraine.

NATO secretary general, Mark Rutte, will also be in Washington this Monday alongside the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, announced his team. “The secretary general will participate in a meeting organized by the American president,” she said in a statement.

The Élysée has announced that Emmanuel Macron will go to Washington, with Volodymyr Zelensky and other European allies. According to a statement, this meeting will aim to “continue the coordination work between Europeans and the United States in order to achieve just and lasting peace which preserves the vital interests of Ukraine and the security of Europe”.

The European delegation continues to grow: Finnish President Alexander Stubb announces going to Washington on Monday with Zelensky.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz confirms that he will also go to Washington on Monday.

kyiv and Moscow mutually attacked drones on Sunday, on the eve of the visit of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in the United States. The kyiv Air Force accused Russia of attacking Ukraine with 60 drones, including Iranian Shahed drones, as well as an Iskander missile on Saturday to Sunday. Donetsk’s governor of the eastern eastern region, Vadim Filachkin said that Russian attacks had killed five people in the region.

In Russia, the Ministry of Defense said kyiv launched 46 drones on the country-mainly above border regions but also in the Nijni Novgorod region, east of Moscow and hundreds of kilometers from Ukraine.

The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announces to receive Volodymyr Zelensky this afternoon in Brussels. She also indicates that she will go with him to the White House tomorrow, with “other European leaders”.

Our special envoy in Russia, Jérôme Garro, explains to us that Russia remains officially closed to the proposal of a tripartite meeting between Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump.

The meeting of Europeans this afternoon can be crucial for the future of Ukraine. Find in this article the main challenges of this consultation.

According to the Ukrainian army, 900 Russian soldiers were killed on the front in the past 24 hours. 4 tanks and 49 artillery systems were also destroyed.

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky will meet this Monday in the White House. According to the New York Timesthe American president will try to convince his Ukrainian counterpart to give up the Donbass to Russia.

The meeting of the day is given this afternoon by the European allies, gathered within the “coalition of volunteers”. Participants, including Emmanuel Macron but also non-European countries like Canada, should tackle the issue of security guarantees that would be granted to kyiv in the context of a possible peace agreement.

Welcome to this direct dedicated to the war in Ukraine, two days after the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin who ended without the signing of a cease-fire.