Overview

• NATO defence chiefs held a virtual session described as a candid discussion on possible guarantees for Kyiv, with new SACEUR Gen. Alexus Grynkewich and U.S. Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine participating.
• President Trump ruled out deploying U.S. ground troops and said the U.S. could help by air as European capitals consider a Coalition of the Willing and a security umbrella involving national forces, not NATO command.
• The White House began arranging a bilateral meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky to be followed by a trilateral session with Trump, with Geneva suggested by France though the Kremlin has not confirmed.
• Russia warned that designing Ukraine’s security without its participation is a “road to nowhere,” even as Sergey Lavrov said Moscow could continue talks and Ukraine reported new strikes causing civilian casualties.
• Reporting points to proposals still under debate—such as enforcement mechanisms and contested ideas about territorial arrangements—with no concrete breakthroughs on the core issues.