Overview

• Following Oval Office and multilateral sessions, Trump said he phoned Vladimir Putin and began planning a face-to-face between Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with a subsequent trilateral including Trump under consideration.
• The Kremlin described only support for elevating Russia–Ukraine contacts, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said a Putin–Zelenskyy meeting could be set up within about two weeks, a timeline not confirmed by Moscow.
• Trump has ruled out requiring a ceasefire before negotiations, while European leaders pressed for a halt to fighting as the prelude to any next round of talks.
• Trump endorsed European-led “NATO-like” security guarantees for Ukraine and stopped short of pledging U.S. troops, as Russia rejected any NATO presence on Ukrainian soil and Europeans sought specifics.
• European officials said Trump relayed that Putin still wants control of the whole Donbas, Trump signaled no return of Crimea or NATO entry for Ukraine, and Kyiv insisted it will not accept territorial concessions.