Overview
- Der Spiegel reported that in a private call Macron warned there was a risk Washington could 'betray' Ukraine by pushing territorial concessions without clarity on security guarantees.
- The Elysée said its official summary of the exchange does not contain the word 'betray' as Macron publicly emphasized unity with the United States on Ukraine.
- The Trump administration’s earlier 28-point peace plan drew criticism from Kyiv and European allies, and subsequent talks in Geneva produced a revised 19-point draft that Russia has not accepted.
- US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held five hours of talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow with little apparent progress, and a senior White House official said a meeting with Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov was planned in Miami.
- European leaders on the call discussed asserting control over decisions on frozen Russian assets, as the European Commission proposed using about €90 billion of those funds to support Ukraine.