Overview

• Trump told reporters Putin is reluctant to meet Zelensky "because he doesn't like him," acknowledging no summit is scheduled.
• Moscow pushed back on an imminent summit as Sergey Lavrov said no meeting will happen until an agenda is set and questioned Zelensky’s legitimacy on NBC.
• In Kyiv, U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg said officials are "working very, very hard" on a security architecture, and Zelensky said key foundations could be defined soon.
• Ukrainian leaders raised economic and humanitarian priorities with Kellogg, citing Russia’s illegal extraction of critical minerals in occupied areas and efforts to return abducted children.
• Hostilities persisted with large Russian drone salvos, while the U.S. and European counterparts, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, coordinated on a potential settlement and security guarantees.