The Trump administration backs Ukraine security guarantees against Russia and says it hopes to acquire Greenland.

Each task linked to the process of providing assistance to Ukraine has a leading state, with Poland set to be the lead country on logistics.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believes Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine could be brought to an end in the first half of this year, adding that the negotiations have reached a new milestone. The Ukrainian leader was speaking at a ceremony marking the start of Cyprus’s European Union presidency.

A reference to US commitments to support multinational forces in Ukraine in the event of a renewed Russian invasion has been removed from the final text of the Paris Declaration of the Coalition of the Willing.

PARIS — Ukraine, France and the United Kingdom on Tuesday signed a Declaration of Intent on the deployment of multinational forces to support Ukraine's defense, reconstruction, and strategic resilience after a peace agreement is achieved, the Ukrinform news agency reported.

UK and France commit to sending troops to Ukraine in event of peace deal - For first time, Steve Witkoff says US president Donald Trump strongly stands behind security protocols

The United Kingdom and France have agreed to deploy forces in Ukraine if it strikes a peace deal with Russia, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, in a renewed push by Western leaders to guarantee Kyiv’s post-war security and deter Moscow from further aggression.

Ukraine's allies said Tuesday they had agreed to provide the country with multilayered international defense guarantees as part of a proposal to end Russia's nearly 4-year-old invasion of its neighbor.

The capture and planned prosecution of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro under U.S. law rattled European leaders gathered in Paris on the eve of planned meetings over specific security guarantees for Ukraine.