Overview
- Monday’s program includes a ceremony at Villacoublay air base, a briefing with French defense manufacturers, a visit to the multinational Ukraine force headquarters, and the signing of bilateral accords before a joint Élysée press conference.
- Paris says the France‑ and UK‑led headquarters for the coalition of 35 partners is already functional and designed to deploy on day one of any ceasefire to underpin security guarantees for Kyiv.
- In Athens on Sunday, Zelensky announced plans to import gas via Greece and Kyiv arranged nearly €2 billion in financing, while Greek reporting said an agreement would route US LNG through Greece from December to March.
- Ukraine renewed appeals for more air‑defense systems as its intelligence warned Russia plans to produce up to 120,000 glide bombs this year and is firing roughly 200 to 250 of these munitions daily.
- The Russian Defense Ministry claimed its forces seized Rovnopolie and Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia, as Kyiv said peace talks remain stalled but prisoner‑exchange discussions have resumed with a goal of repatriating about 1,200 Ukrainians.