Overview

• Trump said he and Putin spoke for more than an hour and agreed to launch adviser-level talks, with both the White House and the Kremlin confirming the call.
• He announced a subsequent leaders' meeting in Budapest to pursue an end to the war, with no date yet announced.
• Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, with whether to provide Tomahawk long-range missiles expected to be on the agenda.
• Russian officials have warned that supplying Tomahawks to Ukraine would mark a serious escalation, while Kyiv argues the weapons could increase pressure on Moscow to negotiate.
• The push follows an August summit in Alaska that yielded no breakthrough, placing the upcoming adviser talks as the immediate next step in the process.