Overview
- After meeting Xi in Busan, Trump said the U.S. and China will work together to try to end the war in Ukraine.
- The Financial Times reported Trump called off a planned Budapest meeting with Putin after Moscow restated demands on territory, Ukraine’s military limits and NATO, with talks between Sergei Lavrov and Marco Rubio described as unproductive.
- CNN reports the Pentagon told the White House it would not oppose sending Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kyiv, leaving the final decision to Trump and raising questions about land-based launch options.
- Trump posted that he ordered U.S. nuclear weapons “tests,” and the Kremlin warned Russia would resume testing if Washington proceeds, even as experts say real explosive tests would take time and face hurdles.
- Reuters-based reporting says Russia has launched the 9M729 missile dozens of times this year, while Poland escorted a Russian Il‑20 over the Baltic and Russian officials reported Ukrainian drones damaging a heating plant in Oryol.