Kyiv is working with allies on security guarantees akin to NATO's mutual protection pledge, Ukraine's president Volodymr Zelensky has said. Officials from Ukraine and allies the U.S., the U.K., France and Germany met in London on Thursday in a week when a peace proposal was produced which outlined an Article 5-like agreement which would be backed by Washington.

The U.S. is showing signs that it is increasingly willing to withdraw from a peace process that has grown more complex in recent months.

Ukraine insists on an immediate, complete, and unconditional ceasefire and therefore does not rule out any formats that could lead to peace, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reports. According to the Ukrainian President,