‘Coalition of willing’ to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine in meeting on Thursday – as it happened

<p>Meeting, co-chaired by France’s Emmanuel Macron and UK’s Keir Starmer, will focus on Russia’s refusal to end war. This live blog is closed</p><p>EU transport spokesperson <strong>Anna-Kaisa Itkonen</strong> also offered a bit more detail on the issue of GPS jamming and its impact on operations.</p><p>She said:</p><p><em>“Generally, <strong>we have been seeing a quite a lot of such jamming and spoofing activities, notably in the eastern flank of Europe.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Europe is</strong> the most concerned region in the or <strong>most affected region globally</strong>, on this.</em></p><p><em>“We are, of course, aware and used to somehow to the threats and intimidations that are [a] regular component of Russia’s hostile behaviour.</em></p><p><em>Of course, <strong>this will only reinforce even further our unshakable commitment to ramp up defence capabilities and support for Ukraine.</strong>”</em></p><p><em>“This incident actually underlines the urgency of the mission that the President is carrying out in the frontline member states.”</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/01/volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-donald-trump-semi-deadline-war-end-europe-latest-updates-news-live">Continue reading...</a>