Overview

• President Trump abandoned his push for an immediate ceasefire after the Alaska summit with Putin and instead endorsed direct talks on a comprehensive peace agreement that could involve territorial trade-offs over Donbas.
• Multiple sources say Trump is planning a trilateral meeting in Washington with Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy before August 22 to negotiate an end to the war.
• Agence France-Presse reporting indicates Russia is demanding full Ukrainian withdrawal from Donbas, and Trump has signaled openness to discussing those territorial terms.
• UK Defence Minister John Healey and the Ministry of Defence confirmed that a UK-France-led Coalition of the Willing is ready to deploy forces to Ukraine within days of any ceasefire.
• Ukraine’s president and European leaders have criticized the U.S. shift and are coordinating new security guarantees and political measures to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty.