European leaders and Ukraine’s allies have issued a carefully worded warning to U.S. President Donald Trump over his lukewarm support for Kyiv — backing his call to halt hostilities but rejecting any suggestion of territorial concessions to Moscow, Politico reports.

In a joint statement signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and other European leaders, the group declared they were “united in the pursuit of a just and lasting peace.”

The leaders stated they “strongly support President Trump’s position that hostilities must cease immediately,” implying that the current front line could serve as a starting point for talks — while cautioning that “international borders must not be changed by force,” a veiled rebuke of Trump’s apparent readiness to freeze the war along Russia’s current lines of occupation.

The statement came just days before a key European Council summit where leaders will discuss using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine and tightening sanctions against Moscow.

Zelensky and members of the so-called “Coalition of Volunteers” are expected to meet in London on Friday to coordinate further military and financial aid. Trump, speaking late Sunday, called for the war to be frozen along the current front, a proposal that would leave Moscow in control of vast occupied territories in Ukraine.

The current front line runs through the eastern Donbas region, where fighting remains intense. According to a source familiar with the negotiations, Trump’s comments came just days after what was reportedly a tense White House meeting with Zelensky, during which Trump initially suggested that Kyiv consider ceding land to Moscow in exchange for peace.

He later denied urging Ukraine to hand over the entire Donbas, claiming instead that “the region should be divided as it stands now.”

“In my view, Russia has already taken 78 percent of the territory. You just leave things as they are now,” he said.