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Zelensky to meet European leaders after Putin vows to fight on

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives to meet with France's President at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on September 3, 2025. [AFP]

European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are to meet in Paris on Thursday in a new effort to pile pressure on Vladimir Putin after he vowed Russia will fight on in Ukraine if no peace deal is reached.

Frustration has been building in the West over what leaders say is the Russian president's unwillingness to strike a deal to end Moscow's three-and-a-half-year invasion of Ukraine.

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