A European defense official told CNN recently there were “active discussions” about similar assistance. A ceasefire, followed by European NATO members manning a de-militarized zone is a key tenet of a peace plan floated by US President Donald Trump’s new Ukraine envoy, Gen. Keith Kellogg, in a policy paper from April.

The United States wants Ukraine to hold elections later this year if an agreement is reached with Russia, Reuters reports. The United States, according to the Reuters agency, is advocating for elections in Ukraine if Kyiv reaches an agreement with Russia regarding a ceasefire.

A Russian strike on a residential building in central Ukraine killed at least 14 people, including two children, emergency services said, one of many attacks across the country this weekend.

At least 14 people were killed in the city of Poltava, Ukrainian officials said, blaming Russia. Four people were killed in Sudzha, a Russian town held by Ukraine, in a strike both countries blamed on each other.