Air raid warning across Ukraine; uproar in Poland after Russian drone blows up in farmland. What we know on day 1,275
Work is under way on the military component of security guarantees for Ukraine that European leaders and Donald Trump have committed to if there is a peace deal. A small group of military leaders held discussions in Washington to work out options, a western official told Reuters on Wednesday, shortly after a bigger virtual meeting wrapped up. Gen Dan Caine, chair of the US joint chiefs of staff, held the talks, which also involved around half a dozen other Nato defence chiefs. The chair of the Nato military committee, Adm Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, called it a “great, candid discussion … Priority continues to be a just, credible and durable peace”.
As the “coalition of the willing” began to take on a preliminary shape, Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Ukraine was also working on a plan with its allies on how to proceed “in case the Russian side continues to prolong the war and disrupt agreements on bilateral and trilateral formats of leaders’ meetings”. Yermak said: “Our teams, above all the military, have already begun active work on the military component of security guarantees.”
