Overview

• Trump said he phoned Vladimir Putin and began arranging a face-to-face meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to be followed by a trilateral session including the U.S. president, with timing and location still to be determined.
• The Kremlin has not issued a firm commitment to the meeting, with adviser Yuri Ushakov saying only that Putin and Trump spoke in favor of continuing direct talks and raising their level.
• Zelenskyy signaled openness to trilateral talks as seven European leaders joined White House discussions urging a ceasefire before negotiations and warning against territorial concessions to Russia.
• Trump voiced support for European, NATO-like security guarantees for Ukraine but did not commit U.S. troops, while Russia publicly rejected any NATO peacekeeping presence in Ukraine.
• Despite warmer optics than February’s Oval Office clash, no concrete agreements emerged on territory, enforcement of guarantees or sequencing, and Trump’s stance shifted from saying a ceasefire was unnecessary after the Alaska summit to calling an immediate halt to fighting preferable.