LIVE. War in Ukraine: Emmanuel Macron meets Donald Trump to make "proposals" on peace

Protests in support of Ukraine took place this Sunday in Paris, Prague, Vilnius, in front of the Russian embassy in Washington and in several other American cities. Other rallies are planned for Monday, notably in London.

In Paris, 3,500 people marched, according to the prefecture. Other smaller demonstrations also took place in the rest of France.

Support shown in Kiev, three years later. The leaders of 13 countries are meeting this Monday in Kiev to reaffirm their support for Ukraine on this anniversary of the Russian invasion and at a time when the U-turn of the United States has changed the situation of the conflict .

"We have an important meeting tomorrow, a summit. Maybe it will be a turning point," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday of the meeting, which will be joined by 24 other leaders via videoconference.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will be traveling to Kiev, as will European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen . The latter said she had "taken stock" with French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer , who are traveling to the United States on Monday and Thursday respectively.

Although worried about the change in the United States' position on the Ukrainian front , the French are showing resilience. A large majority of them say they are still ready to provide assistance to Ukraine to fight against the Russian invasion, reveals an Ipsos-Cesi engineering school poll published this Sunday, February 23 in La Tribune Dimanche .

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Emmanuel Macron arrived in the American capital on Sunday evening.

The French president will be received by Donald Trump at the White House at 12 p.m. local time (6 p.m. Paris time) for a one-on-one meeting, followed by lunch and a joint press conference at 3 p.m. (9 p.m. French time).

Hello everyone, welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the war in Ukraine. This Monday, February 24, marks three years since the Russian aggression.

In this live broadcast, we will follow the meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump, which looks like an emergency mission for the French president, while his American counterpart has made a major strategic shift by announcing that he wants to negotiate peace with Vladimir Putin alone.