Overview
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said a Paris meeting of a "coalition of the willing" produced a declaration to place multinational forces and build bases in Ukraine after a peace deal, while reporting indicates U.S. commitments in the final text were left undefined.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that stationing Western forces in Ukraine would not be possible without Moscow's approval, outlining a sequence of ceasefire, security guarantees, and a long-term agreement.
- Russia denounced the Paris declaration as an attempted intervention, with the Foreign Ministry and State Duma figures warning that any Western troops on Ukrainian territory would be treated as a provocation risking escalation.
- Dnipro’s mayor declared a national-level emergency after a full power outage, and officials in Kryvyi Rih reported two Iskander ballistic strikes on apartment buildings as regional electricity supplies remained heavily disrupted.
- President Donald Trump said the U.S. conducted a large strike in Caracas and captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, media reported explosions and alleged Delta Force involvement, and energy analysts linked potential Venezuelan output gains and U.S. investment to sustained OPEC+ quota increases over coming years.