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Zelenskyy arrives in Paris for Coalition of the Willing summit

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

06 January 2026 15:15 (UTC +04:00)

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Paris on Jan. 6 to join discussions with European leaders and U.S. envoys on security guarantees for Ukraine, as Washington renews its push to broker a peace deal, APA reports, citing the KYIV INDEPENDENT.

The "Coalition of the Willing" summit, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, takes place as Kyiv signals that a deal to end Russia's nearly four-year full-scale invasion is "90% ready."

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's adviser Jared Kushner are joining the event, which will bring together leaders from 27 countries and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Ukraine's president is also accompanied by Kyrylo Budanov, a former military intelligence chief recently appointed as the presidential chief of staff.

Zelenskyy and Macron will hold a bilateral meeting at 12:15 p.m. local time, before their talks with Witkoff and Kushner, Zelensky's spokesperson Serhii Nykyforov told journalists. The Coalition of the Willing will begin its meeting in a closed-door format at 3 p.m., he added.

The session will be followed by a joint press conference with Zelenskyy, Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at 6:15 p.m. A separate meeting is scheduled to take place later in the evening between Zelenskyy, Kushner, Witkoff, and other U.S. and Ukrainian delegates, according to Nykyforov.