France, Sept. 4 -- Top officials from across Europe are meetingin the French capital to thrash out concrete security guarantees for Ukraine, with Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer driving the push for a united front.

European leaders will gather in Paris on Thursday for a meeting aimed at shaping Ukraine's security future, as French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are set to co-chair discussions designed to give Kyiv credible protection against further Russian aggression.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will join the talks alongside EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

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