Ukraine, Europe allies seek 30-day Russia truce starting Monday

Kyiv,Ukraine: The leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Poland agreed Saturday to call on Russia to accept a 30 day unconditional ceasefire starting...

Kyiv, Ukraine: The leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Poland agreed Saturday to call on Russia to accept a 30-day unconditional ceasefire starting Monday, Kyiv said.

The proposal came after the four leaders, part of an alliance Britain and France call "the coalition of the willing", met President Voloydmyr Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

Russia has shown no signs of halting its three-year invasion of Ukraine, and rejected a similar proposal put forward by the United States and Kyiv in March.

Moscow warned earlier there could be no truce unless the West halted arms deliveries to Kyiv.

Russia now occupies about a fifth of Ukrainian territory -- including the Crimea peninsula, which it annexed in 2014 -- and intensified deadly attacks on the country this spring.