Overview

• Both leaders set adviser‑level talks for next week, with the U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the venue still to be determined.
• Trump described the call as very productive, and the White House said it lasted more than two hours with a fuller readout promised.
• Zelenskyy will meet Trump on Friday as Washington weighs supplying Tomahawk cruise missiles, a step Russia has warned would be a major escalation.
• A date for the Budapest leaders’ meeting has not been set, and the summit is framed as a bid to convert the renewed diplomatic channel into concrete steps.
• Ukraine reported fresh large‑scale strikes on energy and civilian infrastructure, while U.S. Senate leaders signaled movement toward a vote on new Russia sanctions.