By John Irish

PARIS (Reuters) -Some 30 leaders will hold talks on Thursday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy over future security guarantees to Kyiv if there is a ceasefire with Russia, hoping they have done enough to persuade the United States to back their efforts.

The summit, both in person and virtually, of the “coalition of the willing” brings together leaders mostly from Europe, but also Turkey, Australia and Canada.

The countries have talked for months at various levels to define their military contributions to Ukraine to help deter Russia from attacking it again once there is a final truce.

But those efforts have stalled recently as governments have said any European military role would need its own U.S. security guarantees as a backstop. President Donald Trump has m

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