The countries are ready for a “full unconditional ceasefire on land, air and sea for at least 30 days starting on Monday,” Kyiv Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X after the meeting.
The leaders also had a “fruitful” phone call with US President Donald Trump, he added.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, speaking via videoconference, gave her “full support” to the proposal. “If the unconditional ceasefire is not respected by Russia, together with the US and the G7, we will coordinate further biting sanctions,” she added.
Macron said the ceasefire “will be monitored mainly by the United States of America, to which all Europeans will contribute”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a 30-day truce proposed by Washington and Kyiv in March, instead declaring two brief pauses in fighting that Ukraine has accused Moscow of violating.
On his way to Kyiv, French President Emmanuel Macron said that, once a 30-day ceasefire was in place, there could be “direct talks between Ukraine and Russia”.
Both Moscow and Kyiv have hinted they are open to negotiating with each other, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says this would only be possible once a ceasefire takes effect.
Russia now occupies about a fifth of Ukrainian territory — including the Crimea peninsula, which it annexed in 2014 — and intensified deadly attacks on the country this spring.
The Kremlin on Saturday denounced Europe’s “confrontational” attitude towards Russia.
The US embassy in Kyiv said on Friday that a “significant air attack” could occur at some point within the next several days.
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