Overview

• US special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with President Putin in Moscow and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the discussions important and substantive despite no ceasefire commitment
• Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov confirmed a Trump-Putin summit agreed for next week, signaling an escalation of direct engagement between the two leaders
• Russian forces struck a recreational centre in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region overnight, killing two people and injuring 12, including children, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov
• The White House plans to implement secondary sanctions by Friday on Russia and its trading partners and has already imposed a 25 percent tariff increase on India over Russian oil purchases
• President Trump has held back detailing specific economic penalties and said further measures will depend on the outcomes of the Moscow talks