Overview

• US and European leaders agreed to draft concrete security guarantees for Ukraine, with Marco Rubio coordinating work with European security advisers on proposals expected within days.
• Trump phoned Putin during the White House session and said preparations for a Putin–Selenskyj meeting had begun, while the Kremlin spoke only of elevating delegation-level contacts and offered no confirmation of a summit.
• NATO’s Mark Rutte said Article‑5‑like assurances remain under discussion, and Trump later told Fox News the US could provide air cover for European peacekeepers while excluding US ground troops.
• European leaders, including Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron, urged an immediate ceasefire, but Trump said negotiations could proceed during ongoing fighting and signaled no new US sanctions on Russia.
• Merz said territorial concessions were not discussed in the wider meeting, Russia reiterated it would not accept NATO forces in Ukraine, and strikes in Ukraine continued during the diplomatic push.