Ukraine's Future Is At The Center Of Talks In Paris With Rubio, Witkoff And Top European Officials

Paris is hosting a series of talks Thursday about Ukraine and its security , including U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, French President Emmanuel Macron and top Ukrainian officials.

Rubio arrived in Paris on Thursday morning. Rubio and Witkoff will have "talks with European counterparts to advance President Trump's goal to end the Russia-Ukraine war and stop the bloodshed," State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said.

The meetings come as concerns grow about Trump's readiness to draw closer to Russia as he seeks to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine and his administration's other moves, from tariffs on some of its closest partners to rhetoric about NATO and Greenland .

Ukrainian presidential adviser Andrii Yermak, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov also arrived in Paris on Thursday to take part in the talks.

Yermak described them as "a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings with representatives of the states of the coalition of the willing that are able to guarantee security." The Ukrainian delegation is also to meet with U.S. officials, Yermak said.