President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday hold talks in Paris with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, in a new reaffirmation of French support for Kyiv in its fight against Russia's invasion.

This meeting from 1300 GMT, the fifth by Zelensky to Paris since the invasion in 2022, will be an opportunity for Macron "to reaffirm France's determination to continue to provide, over the long term and with all of its partners, unwavering support to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people," the French presidency said in a statement.

Zelensky confirmed the meeting with Macron and also announced plans to meet the British, German and Italian leaders this week for talks on the war against Russia.

"I will meet separately in each country with the leaders of Britain, France, Italy and Germany," Zelensky told a press conference with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Wednesday. He will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday.