Overview
- In an Oval Office interview with Reuters, President Donald Trump said Ukraine is holding up a potential deal and asserted that Vladimir Putin is ready to negotiate.
- Recent U.S.-led talks have focused on security guarantees for a post-war Ukraine and proposals that would see Kyiv cede the eastern Donbas region.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has publicly rejected territorial concessions, citing Ukraine's constitutional prohibition on giving up land.
- European officials have questioned whether Putin would accept terms discussed by Kyiv, Washington and European leaders, and prior U.S. intelligence assessments warned he retains expansive ambitions.
- Trump said he would meet Zelenskiy at the World Economic Forum if the Ukrainian leader attends and noted that U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are leading the talks, while saying he was unaware of any planned Moscow trip reported elsewhere.