Efforts are continuing to restore services in Dnipropetrovsk, officials say, after wide-spread attacks in the southeast.

The attack was just the second time that Moscow had launched the nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic weapon.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the agreements were “a signal of how seriously Europe and the entire coalition of the willing are ready to work for real security.”

NATO allies in the Coalition of the Willing are planning security guarantees for Ukraine once Russia's war is over.

Britain said it was allocating 200 million pounds ($270 million) to fund preparations for the possible deployment of troops to Ukraine, after pledging its soldiers this week

People will be more willing to return if Ukraine is able to regain most of the territory seized by Russia since 2014, Hladun suggests. But anything short of that could leave Ukrainians feeling vulnerable as it would be considered a temporary ceasefire rather than a complete end of hostilities.

The United Kingdom and France have agreed to deploy forces in Ukraine if it strikes a peace deal with Russia, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, in a renewed push by Western leaders to guarantee Kyiv’s post-war security and deter Moscow from further aggression.

US President Donald Trump has said he is ready to assume commitments regarding US participation in future security guarantees for Ukraine because he believes that Russia will not attempt another invasion.