The UK has distanced itself from a proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron for a limited initial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine, while Kyiv raised reservations about stopping fighting without security guarantees.
The differences emerged after a showpiece London summit in which Europe’s biggest powers sought to project unity and develop a common plan following a disastrous White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Macron said after Sunday’s summit that his idea for a limited, one-month ceasefire “in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure” would have the advantage of verifying Russia’s intentions. The French president has a record of floating policy ideas to push allies towards agreement.