Overview
- The White House released a National Security Strategy that criticizes European politics, pledges to “cultivate” domestic resistance to Europe’s course, signals a reduced U.S. military presence and a pause on NATO enlargement, and calls for “strategic stability” with Russia and a swift end to hostilities in Ukraine.
- A leaked crisis call reported European leaders warning of U.S. negotiating risks on Ukraine, and Russia’s chief negotiator Kirill Dmitrijew publicly mocked Chancellor Friedrich Merz on X in response.
- Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said Moscow is awaiting a U.S. reaction to the Kushner–Witkoff meeting with Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian officials said their talks with U.S. counterparts in Miami have concluded.
- Putin’s New Delhi visit produced a Russia–India cooperation program through 2030 and a target to raise bilateral trade to $100 billion, with work toward an EAEU–India free-trade arrangement.
- Ukrainian forces reported strikes on Russian infrastructure as Russia claimed dozens of drones were intercepted, and new analyses projected prolonged stagnation for Russia’s economy despite elevated military spending.