Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz.

And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, NATO leaders plan what role U.S. and European forces could play in the future defense of Ukraine.

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Welcome to the News Hour. Today, Moscow demanded that it must participate in any security guarantees provided by the U.S. and Europe to Ukraine.

That is likely a non-starter for the West that illustrates the challenge facing the Allies as they

try to forge a path toward peace. Russia's new demand comes as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

Staff met today with his European colleagues here in Washington, and NATO's military chiefs

met in Europe, hoping to create a plan that would provide Ukraine the ability to defend itself

and ensure its future security should the two sides come to a peace agreement.

Nick Schifrin begins our coverage of today's military meetings as Russia continues to wage its war on Ukraine.

In northeast Ukraine today, on day 1,273 of this full-scale war, life looks like hell.

And for the residents of Sumet today, who escaped their homes hit by a Russian drone, peace

feels impossibly distant.

This is the kind of attack that 32 NATO military chiefs met today to try and help Ukraine

prevent.

They plan security guarantees to protect a post-war Ukraine, as did Chairman and the Joint

Chiefs Dan Cain, whom European officials tell

PBS NewsHour met his European counterparts today in the Pentagon.

France and Britain are willing to deploy thousands of troops into Ukraine to help observe

any peace deal.

They would also help support and train Ukrainian troops, Europe's most capable military,

often fighting with Western weapons that need maintenance.

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