Overview

• Trump and Putin met for nearly three hours in Anchorage but did not secure a ceasefire or any binding accord to halt hostilities in Ukraine.
• Returning from Alaska, Trump abandoned his earlier push for a rapid truce and publicly advocated for a direct peace agreement with Russia.
• He invited President Volodymyr Zelenski to the White House for talks on Monday to lay groundwork for a full settlement that could include a later trilateral meeting with Putin.
• Major European capitals have publicly demanded Kyiv’s direct role in negotiations and warned that any deal must not legitimize Russia’s territorial conquests.
• The conflict persisted through the diplomatic exchanges, with Ukraine reporting fresh Russian drone and missile attacks and Moscow claiming new advances in the east.