Overview

• The White House says President Donald Trump is traveling to Israel before heading to the Sharm el‑Sheikh summit and is central to the ceasefire and hostage-release effort.
• European Council President António Costa is representing the European Union at the summit and will attend the signing of the Middle East peace plan.
• Ukraine’s General Staff reports 149 combat engagements in the past day, with the heaviest fighting on the Pokrovsk and Oleksandrivka directions and extensive air and drone attacks by Russian forces.
• Radio Svoboda, citing an unnamed SBU source, reports Ukrainian drones struck the Feodosia oil terminal and damaged high‑voltage substations in occupied Crimea, a claim that is developing and not officially confirmed.
• Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha says seven additional countries intend to join NATO’s PURL initiative to finance U.S.-made weapons for Ukraine.