Overview

• France and the European Commission said 26 countries signaled readiness to contribute land, air or naval forces to a post‑ceasefire security mission, with no public list of contributors or troop levels.
• European NATO members would likely carry the main burden and a large-scale training presence is under discussion, while Germany has not committed to taking part.
• The Kremlin rejected any foreign military presence on Ukrainian soil as a danger to Russia, and President Vladimir Putin said Western troops in Ukraine would be treated as legitimate targets during ongoing hostilities.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for long-term financing, weapons and domestic production to underpin a strong Ukrainian army and labeled EU membership a core security guarantee, adding that Kyiv sent a new air-defense proposal to the U.S.
• Trump criticized continuing EU oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline as financing Russia’s war, Macron backed tighter sanctions coordination, and air-raid alerts and attacks continued across Ukraine.