Overview

• After a Paris summit, Emmanuel Macron said 26 nations pledged postwar security guarantees that could include deployments by land, sea or air once a ceasefire takes hold.
• Putin said a peace deal is “practically impossible” for now and said he would meet Zelensky only in Moscow, a condition Kyiv refuses.
• Ukraine told the United States it has proposed a new format to protect its airspace as it seeks stronger defenses.
• Russia’s Foreign Ministry denounced Kyiv’s security‑guarantee proposals as “absolutely unacceptable,” further entrenching Moscow’s position.
• Zelensky said Ukraine will keep striking back for attacks on its energy facilities and urged partners to curtail Russian oil flows.