Overview
- European members of the Coalition of Volunteers signed a declaration committing to a European-led multinational force to deploy once a ceasefire is in place.
- French President Emmanuel Macron said Washington will head the mechanism to monitor and verify any ceasefire, following U.S. participation in the Paris meetings.
- Ukrainian and U.S. delegations held a second day of talks in Paris, with Kyiv's team citing "concrete results" and ongoing negotiations.
- Ukrainian leaders identify Moscow's territorial demands and the status of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as the principal unresolved issues.
- Hostilities continue, with Ukraine's SBU claiming drone strikes on depots in Kostroma and Lipetsk, Russia reporting 129 Ukrainian drones downed, and Kyiv saying it neutralized 53 of 61 drones launched overnight.