Co-chairs assertion – Coalition of the Willing name: 24 February 2026

Marking 4 years for the reason that begin of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the leaders of the Coalition of the Willing met to specific their solidarity with President Zelenskyy and the folks of Ukraine. The leaders supplied their full and sustained help as Ukraine fights for its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to defend Europe’s freedom.

At the invitation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Friedrich Merz, over thirty leaders joined the digital assembly. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was joined in individual by leaders of Nordic Baltic international locations, the EU, and Croatia in Kyiv.

The leaders reiterated their unwavering dedication to working collectively to attain a simply and lasting peace, in accordance with the ideas of the UN Charter. They reaffirmed that worldwide borders should not be modified by drive.

The leaders welcomed US ongoing efforts on peace negotiations, which should contain all related events, when their pursuits are at stake.

They urged Russia to interact within the discussions in a significant method, and to conform to a full, unconditional ceasefire. They reaffirmed the function that the Coalition of the Willing would play in offering multi-layered safety ensures – as agreed at their assembly in Paris in January 2026 – together with by means of the Multi National Force for Ukraine, with the help of the United States.

They reaffirmed their dedication to ramp up financial stress on Russia together with by means of further sanctions and by concentrating on the Russian Shadow Fleet and oil buying and selling networks, the Russian Military Industrial Complex and disrupting Russia’s monetary networks.

The leaders condemned Russia’s relentless appalling assault on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure, and the dire humanitarian penalties in the course of the bitter winter months. They dedicated to supply additional help to Ukraine’s power infrastructure, together with by means of the continuing provision of air defence. They welcomed latest mobilisation by companions of crucial power infrastructure tools for Ukraine, together with greater than half a billion euros of recent pledges made to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund up to now this yr.

The leaders famous the grim toll that Russia has paid for minimal beneficial properties on the battlefield, struggling nearly half 1,000,000 casualties final yr alone. They welcomed latest profitable Ukrainian counter-attacks to reclaim territory, and dedicated to proceed to maintain navy in addition to fiscal help, together with by means of the EU’s €90 billion mortgage and bilateral contributions.