The administration of US President Donald Trump is ready to provide Ukraine with legally binding security guarantees based on Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, reports Axios. According to a senior US official,

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte issued a stern warning to the organization’s allied nations on Thursday, suggesting they stand as “Russia’s next target” after Ukraine. Rutte delivered the sobering message that NATO countries are “already in harm’s way” during a keynote address at a Berlin event hosted by the Munich Security Conference.

Ukraine said the US had proposed the creation of a demilitarised “free economic zone” in areas of the eastern Donetsk region still held by Kyiv, as Nato warned that tension with Russia could spiral into a conflict on the scale of the two world wars.

Ukraine delivered its response to the latest US-drafted peace proposal aimed at ending the war with Russia to the Trump administration on Wednesday, US and Ukrainian officials told CNN, as the contours of a tenuous potential deal take shape and the US president continues to make clear he wants the conflict resolved quickly.

NATO fighter jets were scrambled and air defense systems put on alert in Poland in response to Russia’s latest overnight drone and missile strikes in Ukraine.

EADaily, . Kiev leaves Donbass, Ukraine does not join NATO, but joins the EU in 2027. This version of Trump's peace plan is published by the Ukrainian media, former Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleg Tsarev reports in his telegram channel.

At least three oil tankers have been hit by explosions in what appears to be a stepped up unilateral effort by Ukraine to sink Russia's sanctions-dodging oil sales.

General Mark Rutte brushed off fresh concern about the United States’ commitment to the military organization on the eve of a meeting of allied foreign ministers focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine.

After being blindsided by President Donald Trump’s 28-point plan last month, some Europeans have expressed extreme disquiet at being apparently sidelined in talks.

Ukraine will receive around 5 billion USD worth of weapons from US stockpiles under the PURL program. This will happen by the end of 2025, Deputy NATO Secretary General Radmila Šekerinska said in an interview with Suspilne.