U.s. And Allies To Meet On Security Guarantees As Trump Arranges A Putin-zelenskyy Summit

LONDON — United States and NATO officials were group to meet Wednesday to discuss information guarantees for Ukraine arsenic nan White House worked to put a acme betwixt Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine and its European friends appeared buoyed aft Trump promised during their gathering successful Washington that nan U.S. would supply information guarantees arsenic portion of immoderate colony pinch Russia — a red-line rumor for Kyiv.

Trump made clear Tuesday that this would not see U.S. “boots connected nan ground” but could spot nan U.S. supply aerial support arsenic portion of specified an arrangement.

Military chiefs from NATO’s 32 personnel countries will meet virtually later Wednesday to talk nan measurement forward.

That comes aft Gen. Dan Caine, nan president of nan Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosted respective European Chiefs of Defense connected Tuesday evening, a defense charismatic told NBC News.

Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio will beryllium starring nan effort to coordinate information guarantees among allies, according to a White House official.

Meanwhile, nan White House is actively looking to unafraid a gathering location and day for a Putin-Zelenskyy acme to talk an extremity to nan Kremlin's war, according to a elder management official.

Trump is pushing to put a gathering betwixt nan 2 leaders, convinced it tin break nan deadlock.

The Hungarian superior Budapest and Swiss metropolis of Geneva person been discussed arsenic imaginable sites, nan charismatic said, adding that some presidents Trump and Putin person a bully narration pinch Hungarian leader Viktor Orban.

Various nations person offered to host, including Switzerland.

The Kremlin is yet to remark connected whether Putin would meet pinch Zelenskyy, and immoderate gathering would beryllium analyzable by nan apprehension warrant issued for Putin by nan International Criminal Court.