Overview
- White House moved the Mar-a-Lago meeting up two hours to 1 p.m. local time as the leaders discuss Ukraine’s newly published 20-point proposal.
- President Trump spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin shortly before hosting Selenskyj and called the conversation “very productive,” a call the Kremlin also confirmed.
- Selenskyj’s plan centers on verifiable, long-term security guarantees and a reconstruction fund estimated at roughly $700–800 billion.
- Territory remains the key impasse, with Selenskyj rejecting cessions of Donetsk areas not under Russian control and signaling Ukrainian red lines.
- Russia escalated pressure with heavy drone strikes and public threats from Putin, while 11 European and Canadian leaders plus NATO and EU chiefs pledged full support to Ukraine in a preparatory call.