Overview

• Delegations in Istanbul agreed to exchange at least 1,200 prisoners apiece, return 3,000 Ukrainian soldier remains and discuss repatriation of about 20 Russian children.
• The talks produced no breakthrough on a permanent ceasefire or a presidential summit between Vladimir Putin and Volodímir Zelenskiy.
• Hours after the meeting ended, Russia launched a massive assault on the port of Odesa, triggering fires in residential blocks, a shopping pavilion and a gas station.
• Kyiv has demanded an immediate, total truce while Moscow insists on limited 24–48-hour humanitarian pauses for evacuations and body retrieval.
• President Trump pledged that a trilateral summit with Putin and Zelenskiy will take place and warned of secondary sanctions if Russia fails to engage meaningfully.