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.

Russia and Ukraine are close to reaching an agreement, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Friday evening on the Truth Social platform. The President, along with the First Lady, arrived in Rome for Pope Francis's funeral.