Overview
- President Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a private meeting before convening European leaders at the White House to negotiate a peace framework.
- Trump said that Ukraine could end the war immediately only by relinquishing claims to Crimea and forgoing NATO membership.
- European leaders including Giorgia Meloni, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte urged the president to support durable, Article 5–style security guarantees for Ukraine.
- U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff reported that Russia offered to freeze front lines in Kherson and Zaporizhia and withdraw from parts of Donetsk and Luhansk in exchange for territorial recognition, though no official accord has been signed.
- Russian strikes on Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia continued during the summit, causing civilian casualties and underscoring the absence of a ceasefire.