coalition of vontiers in Paris (Flickr)

coalition of vontiers in Paris (Flickr)

Ukraine : Macron, Merz and Burnham Close Ranks as Russia Steps Up the War

The Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine meets this Monday, August 24 — the 35th anniversary of Ukrainian independence — under the joint chairmanship of Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Andy Burnham. The meeting comes at an urgent moment: fighting is intensifying on the ground and Moscow is preparing a new mobilization, while in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky has just ruled out holding elections in wartime.