US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s international envoy, held high level talks with Ukrainian and European officials in Paris at a summit Thursday aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s defenses against Russia’s unrelenting invasion.

France has hosted high-level talks on Ukraine and its security. Thursday's gathering was the first time since President Donald Trump's inauguration that top American, Ukrainian and European officials were at the same meeting to discuss an end to the war.

Talks in Paris between U.S. officials Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, Ukraine and Europe's top three powers were excellent and started a process where Europeans are involved in talks over Ukraine's future,