Emmanuel Macron announced on platform X that he had spoken with President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer and Giorgia Meloni called for an "unconditional ceasefire" in Ukraine. It comes as Trump was set to speak with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Monday as part of efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

Russian president Vladimir Putin is refusing to offer a timeline for peace talks despite Donald Trump saying negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow would begin “immediately”.The Kremlin quickly poured cold water on the US president's optimistic statements following a two-hour call with Mr Putin aimed at ending the war in Ukraine,