Overview

• President Trump invoked his drawdown authority to approve immediate delivery of 155 mm shells and GMLRS rockets via NATO, with the Alliance fronting a $300 million package.
• Thirty-two nations at the Rome recovery conference pledged €10 billion for Ukraine’s reconstruction and for the first time included U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg in the Coalition of the Willing.
• French President Emmanuel Macron and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed an agreement to coordinate nuclear deterrence against non-conventional threats in Europe.
• U.S. lawmakers advanced a bipartisan bill proposing 500 percent tariffs on countries importing Russian energy, granting the president sole authority to implement the sanctions.
• Moscow stepped up drone and missile raids on Kyiv, drawing fresh condemnation and intensified appeals from Ukraine and its allies for enhanced air defense systems.