Overview

• At a Paris meeting, leaders said 26 countries are prepared to contribute to security guarantees for Ukraine, including possible deployments on land, at sea, or in the air once a cease-fire takes hold.
• Emmanuel Macron said details of American participation will be finalized in the coming days as European and allied governments coordinate post-war support.
• Vladimir Putin said any foreign troops entering Ukraine during active hostilities would be treated as legitimate targets and argued such forces would be pointless after a peace deal that Russia says it would implement.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected Putin’s invitation to meet in Moscow as Ukraine’s foreign minister highlighted offers from neutral states to host potential talks.
• NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Russia has no veto over deployments, while experts cautioned that any force would in practice depend on Russia’s consent and that ongoing strikes, including a deadly drone attack in Kharkiv, complicate timing.