Overview
- President Zelenski announced that delegations will meet in Turkey on July 23, pending Moscow’s confirmation of participation.
- The Kremlin reiterated that any agreement must include Ukraine’s withdrawal from Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, renunciation of NATO membership and strict limits on its armed forces.
- Spokesman Dmitri Peskov said a summit between Presidents Putin and Trump could occur in Beijing during the World War II commemoration if Trump attends.
- President Trump has supplied Ukraine with Patriot missile systems and warned Russia it has 50 days to accept a ceasefire or face additional sanctions.
- Hostilities continue as Ukraine reported shooting down 18 of 57 Shahed drones and Russia claimed it intercepted 93 Ukrainian UAVs.