Countries prepared to provide troops for a post-ceasefire force in Ukraine agreed to set up a headquarters in Paris for a rapid deployment after hostilities end in Russia’s war on its neighbor. A U.S. delegation was present for the first time at a meeting of the group.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia, while adding that President Donald Trump has been “disappointed and frustrated that there’s not been more flexibility on the Russian side” to bring about an end to the conflict.

The strikes caused fires across Kyiv a day after the heaviest aerial attack of the war so far. An official in Kyiv said at least 22 people were wounded in the latest barrage.

The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused, U.S. officials said.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron will seek to quell a growing Franco-German squabble over the countries’ next-generation fighter jet when they meet for high-profile consultations in Berlin this month.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will travel to North Korea for a three-day visit in the latest sign of the countries’ deepening ties during Russia’s war in Ukraine, state media reported.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV and thanked him for the Vatican’s efforts to help return children taken by Russia. Both he and Leo suggested the Vatican could host peace talks to end the war.

Russia fired more than 700 attack and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, topping previous nightly barrages for the third time in two weeks as Moscow intensifies its aerial and ground assault in the three-year war, Ukrainian officials said.

Ukrainian authorities are reporting a dangerous shift in Moscow’s attacks to targeting the country’s efforts to mobilize enough troops to confront Russia’s vastly superior numbers on the battlefield.

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