Overview
- Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Moscow and Washington are actively discussing a Ukraine settlement based on the August Anchorage understandings, which the U.S. has not formally declared void.
- Ushakov said the Anchorage framework was conveyed to Kyiv and was not welcomed, adding that many European partners also oppose it.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a new Trump–Putin meeting could occur once thorough preparations are completed and conditions are right, but offered no timeline.
- A planned summit in Budapest was canceled after U.S. objections to Russia’s tough demands on Ukraine and a lack of agreement on an immediate ceasefire.
- Trump has moved to increase pressure on Moscow, sanctioning Rosneft and Lukoil and expressing support for legislation to impose secondary tariffs on Russia’s trading partners, a step the Kremlin criticized.