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TrumpPutin Summit Put on Hold as Moscow Rejects Front-Line Freeze

European governments are drafting a reported 12-point proposal that would tie phased sanctions relief and frozen-asset returns to a cease-fire on the current lines.

Overview

  • An anonymous U.S. official said there are no plans for President Trump to meet President Putin in the immediate future, after a Rubio–Lavrov call judged productive replaced a postponed in-person session.
  • The Kremlin said no date was ever set for a Budapest summit and stressed the need for serious preparation, with no timeline agreed for preparatory talks.
  • Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, rejected an immediate cease-fire that freezes current positions, arguing such a move would ignore the roots of the conflict.
  • Ukraine and leading European heads of government backed using the present line of contact as the starting point for negotiations and set meetings this week of EU leaders and the pro-Ukraine coalition.
  • European capitals, working with Kyiv, are developing a reported 12-point plan overseen by a Trump-led peace council that would condition gradual sanction relief and the return of about $300 billion in frozen assets on Russian commitments, while U.S. Senate leaders paused action on a new Russia sanctions bill.