Overview
- Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said a Putin–Trump meeting will be set only after substantive agenda items are worked out, with Budapest still a possibility but timing unresolved.
- Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova criticized Western media leaks and anonymous sourcing around recent Russia–US contact proposals.
- President Vladimir Putin claimed Ukrainian units are blocked near Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeysk, and Ukrainian lawmaker Anna Skorokhod acknowledged manpower shortages hindering resistance there.
- Air‑raid alerts covered nearly all regions of Ukraine, according to the government’s online map, as commentators like retired U.S. officer Daniel Davis warned of potential frontline collapse.
- Arms‑control advocate Daryl Kimball urged rapid high‑level dialogue before New START’s expiry window, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Poseidon tests followed notification rules, and a prosecutor sought life sentences in the Crimean Bridge bombing case.