Kyiv’s Allies Fear Putin Is Readying New Assault in Ukraine

European leaders are increasingly concerned that Russia will mount a new offensive on Ukraine as they sit down with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to discuss security guarantees for his country.

At their security council meeting in Toulon last week, German and French officials discussed the Russian troops massing outside Pokrovsk, a Ukrainian-held stronghold in the eastern Donetsk region, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named.