Kyiv, Sep 5
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine has proposed to the United States a new format for protecting Ukrainian airspace.
"Ukraine has proposed a format for protecting our skies for the US to consider," Zelensky said in a post on X after his conversation with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, adding that they discussed ways to push toward real peace, News Agency reported.
According to Zelensky's press service, the conversation with Trump took place following a meeting of the "Coalition of the Willing" in Paris, which was also attended by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte, and leaders of European countries.
Speaking alongside Zelensky at a press conference following the meeting, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that 26 countries, mostly European, have formally pledged to deploy troops as part of a future Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire, though not directly on the front line.