European leaders expected to cement support for Ukraine as US pushes for peace

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stands in his office in the chancellery in Berlin (Maryam Majd/AP)

European leaders are expected to cement support for Ukraine on Monday as it faces Washington’s pressure to swiftly accept a US-brokered peace deal.

After Sunday’s talks in Berlin between US envoys and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian and European officials are to continue a series of meetings in an effort to secure the continent’s peace and security in the face of an increasingly assertive Russia.