What you need to know

The United States will join Sir Keir Starmer and European leaders for “coalition of the willing” talks at 11am UK time to discuss “several thousand boots on ground” for Ukrainian reassurance

Russia continued attacks on Ukraine overnight with infrastructure in the Poltava region hit but no casualties reported

Officials have been mooting locations for a trilateral meeting between Presidents Zelensky, Putin and Trump, with Hungary and Switzerland proposed so far.

Zelensky hailed “very good” talks with President Trump at the White House on Monday as the US said it would provide Ukraine with a “very good security guarantee”