World leaders to meet at Swiss resort on possible Ukraine peace roadmap

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, arrives in Switzerland (Michael Buholzer/Keystone/AP)

The presidents of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Somalia will join many western heads of state and government and other leaders at a conference this weekend to plan the first steps towards peace in Ukraine, with Russia notably absent.

Swiss officials hosting the conference say more than 50 heads of state and government, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will join the gathering at the Burgenstock resort overlooking Lake Lucerne.