Overview

• After calling Vladimir Putin during the Washington summit, President Trump said he has begun preparing a bilateral meeting with Volodymyr Selenskyj, with a follow‑on trilateral session possible, though the Kremlin has not confirmed a presidents’ summit.
• The United States signaled readiness to coordinate security guarantees for Ukraine and tasked Secretary of State Marco Rubio and European advisers to deliver proposals within roughly a week to ten days, with Article 5‑style assurances under discussion but scope and enforcement still unclear.
• European leaders, led by Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron, pressed for a ceasefire before talks, while Trump said negotiations could proceed during fighting and Selenskyj signaled willingness to meet without preconditions.
• Moscow reiterated it will not accept NATO troops in Ukraine as part of any guarantees, and European ideas for peacekeeping or “reinsurance” forces remain undefined with Germany undecided on participation.
• Trump showed no appetite for new U.S. sanctions on Russia and said he expects Putin to release more than 1,000 Ukrainian prisoners.