Overview

• On June 7, President Trump told reporters he warned both nuclear powers that US trade would stop if fighting continued, forcing an immediate halt to hostilities
• Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov backed Trump’s narrative, saying the conflict was halted through the president’s personal involvement
• Congress MP Shashi Tharoor led an all-party Indian delegation to meet Vice President JD Vance and press Washington for clarity on its claimed mediation role
• The flare-up began on May 7 when India launched Operation Sindoor, striking terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir
• Tensions only eased after Pakistan’s director-general of military operations contacted his Indian counterpart and brokered a cessation of military action