Overview

• President Trump said Putin “does not like” Zelenskyy and signaled he will decide within weeks on possible new sanctions or tariffs if talks fail to advance.
• Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said no leaders’ meeting is planned because an agenda is not ready and raised doubts about Zelenskyy’s legitimacy to sign any deal.
• Kellogg met Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Yuliya Svyrydenko to advance a security architecture, pursue arms and drone procurement through the PURL mechanism, and address Russia’s illegal extraction of critical minerals in occupied areas.
• Zelenskyy emphasized a humanitarian track focused on returning Ukrainian children abducted to Russia and appealed for personal efforts by the U.S. president and first lady.
• Ukraine’s Air Force reported a new wave of 104 Russian drones overnight as Kyiv seeks more long‑range weapons and aims to secure roughly $1 billion per month to purchase U.S. systems.