The officials plan to meet next week to discuss the first steps of an agreement, after President Trump cast doubt on U.S. support for Ukraine in recent days.
At least four people were killed in a Russian attack, Ukraine said, amid concerns about air defenses after the U.S. said it was suspending military and intelligence aid.
The site of Thursday’s strike in Kryvyi Rih, in a photograph supplied by Ukrainian emergency services. Residents said they received warnings only a few minutes beforehand.
Officials have suggested that the pause in weapons shipments and intelligence sharing could be relatively short-lived if Ukraine’s president bends to White House demands.
Razor-wire defenses in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, which borders Russia’s Kursk region. The loss of one of Kyiv’s most important benefactors will make it easier for Russia to assault Ukrainian lines of defense, analysts say.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and President Emmanuel Macron of France have been prodding and counseling Volodymyr Zelensky on how to deal with President Trump.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, left, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and President Emmanuel Macron of France in London on Sunday.
“We are working on all possible scenarios to protect Ukraine,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose country was looking to European allies for support.
Members of Ukraine’s 38th Separate Marine Brigade in the Pokrovsk region in November. It’s not clear how long Ukraine’s stockpiles will last before there are critical gaps on the front.