Overview

• Overnight drone and missile strikes killed at least four people and, for the first time, damaged the roof and upper floors of Ukraine’s cabinet building in central Kyiv, officials said.
• Zelensky said a multinational reassurance force could number in the thousands under the Volenterosi plan, urging activation without waiting for a ceasefire.
• Putin warned that any foreign troops on Ukrainian soil would be treated as legitimate targets and reiterated opposition to a NATO-linked presence.
• The U.S. position, as relayed to European partners, promises air and intelligence support for Ukraine’s security guarantees but excludes American ground forces.
• EU leaders are weighing a phased cutoff of Russian oil and gas under a new sanctions package, with Hungary and Slovakia resisting proposals under discussion in Brussels.