If diplomacy alone could end this war, then the fighting in Ukraine would probably stop tomorrow.
Today brought the leaders of some of Kyiv’s biggest backers in Europe to the Ukrainian capital.
Arriving by train together, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President Macron and Chancellor Merz were joined by Poland’s Donald Tusk as they met Ukraine’s President Zelensky.
They then held a virtual meeting of the so-called coalition of the willing – a group of leaders from those countries and organisations prepared to help protect Ukraine’s security once the war ends.
That, in turn, was followed by a phone call to President Trump described as “productive.”