New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- Around 30 Western leaders held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris on Thursday, focusing on potential security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a peace deal with Russia. The meeting, described as a "coalition of the willing," included leaders from Europe, Australia, Japan, and Canada, while some neighboring nations joined by video-link.

The discussions aim to secure US backing for a framework that could help end the war, now in its third year.

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev lashed out at the United Kingdom over its decision to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine's defense.

"British thieves transferred Russian money to neo-Nazis. Consequences? Britain committed an offenc...