Overview

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio held calls with European national security officials on military options for post-conflict security guarantees, with participants including the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Finland and NATO.
• Trump said he will decide within two weeks whether to impose huge sanctions, tariffs, both, or none on Russia and indicated he could scale back U.S. mediation.
• Trump argued it is very difficult to win without attacking the aggressor, hinting he may back strikes into Russian territory.
• Zelensky urged supporters to add sanctions if Moscow avoids leaders’ talks and discussed collective-defense-style guarantees and force roles with NATO’s secretary-general.
• Russia’s foreign minister said there are no plans for a leaders’ summit, and Ukraine reported a missile strike on a U.S.-owned facility in Mukachevo.