Overview
- European members of the Coalition of Volunteers endorsed robust security guarantees including a European‑led multinational force that would deploy after a credible ceasefire, with U.S. support.
- President Emmanuel Macron announced that the United States will lead the mechanism to monitor and surveil any future ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
- Ukrainian and U.S. delegations held multiple negotiating sessions in Paris, with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner representing Washington, and Kyiv’s team reporting concrete results following consultations with European, NATO and EU advisers.
- The hardest issues remain Moscow’s territorial demands, notably Donetsk, and the status of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which Zelensky says Ukraine will not cede, with a leaders‑level meeting floated if teams cannot bridge differences.
- Kyiv notes that coalition commitments are not yet legally binding and key enforcement details remain unsettled, while ongoing drone and missile strikes underscore the fragility of any prospective truce.