BRUSSELS — NATO defense chiefs were due to hold a virtual meeting Wednesday, a senior alliance official said, as Western countries pushing for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine devise possible future security guarantees for Kyiv that could help forge a peace agreement.

Italian Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the chair of NATO’s Military Committee, said that 32 defense chiefs from across the alliance would hold a video conference amid a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the fighting.

U.S. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, NATO’s supreme allied commander Europe, will take part in the talks, Dragone said on social platform X. U.S. Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was also set to participate, a U.S. defense official said.

Caine also met with European military chiefs Tuesday evening

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