Overview

• Trump will hold a bilateral Oval Office meeting with President Zelenskyy at 1:15 p.m. ET followed by a multilateral session with EU and NATO leaders at 3 p.m. ET to chart a path toward ending the war.
• The president has categorically rejected Ukrainian NATO accession and declared the return of Crimea unrealistic, placing the burden of ending the conflict squarely on Kyiv’s choices.
• U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff reported that Russia agreed in principle to Article 5-style security guarantees provided by the United States and European partners, though legal details and enforcement remain undefined.
• Unconfirmed reports that Ukraine might cede parts of the Donbass have fueled discord between Washington, Brussels and Kyiv, which maintains its constitution bars any forced territorial concessions.
• Senior U.S. officials have publicly diverged over the role of a ceasefire after Senator Rubio suggested a pause is still on the table, contradicting the president’s distancing from prior freeze conditions.