Overview
- Kyiv has lined up nearly two dozen meetings with world leaders in New York to build backing for concrete postwar guarantees and stronger pressure on Russia.
- Andriy Yermak said he conferred with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to prepare the guarantees agenda and expand military, defense, and economic cooperation.
- Trump has indicated willingness to offer guarantees in principle but has not detailed terms and has ruled out deploying U.S. troops as peacekeepers.
- The UN Security Council will hold a high-level session on Ukraine this week and convene separately on Estonia’s reported airspace breach by Russian jets.
- As Russia escalates drone and missile barrages that killed civilians and triggered allied air patrols, Kyiv points to newly approved PURL-financed U.S. deliveries, including Patriot and HIMARS munitions.