The leaders of France and Britain are making tag-team visits to Washington this week. It's part of European efforts to persuade President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine in pursuit of a peace deal in the three-year-old war with Russia.

On a visit to the White House on Monday, the French president is expected to detail proposals by Paris and London to deploy troops in Ukraine to guarantee a ceasefire. A plan that presupposes the support of the US.

President Donald Trump holds talks this week with French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a moment of deep uncertainty about the future of transatlantic relations