Overview

• Press Secretary Levitt said Vice President Bance, Secretary of State Rubio and envoy Witkoff are coordinating details with Moscow and Kyiv, and reported that Putin promised to hold a meeting within weeks.
• NATO’s secretary general said roughly 30 countries, including Japan and Australia, are discussing post‑ceasefire security guarantees for Ukraine, with a U.S.–EU–Ukraine committee led by Rubio working on a framework reported to be taking shape in the coming days.
• Trump told Fox News he would not deploy U.S. ground forces under any guarantees and signaled potential U.S. aviation support, adding that some European nations may consider sending ground troops.
• Politico reported Budapest is a leading candidate to host a potential three‑leader meeting and that U.S. Secret Service has begun site preparations, though the venue remains undecided and other locations are under discussion.
• Russia’s Ushakov said Moscow backs continuing direct talks and is considering raising the level of negotiators, while Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova rejected any deployment of NATO‑country peacekeeping forces in Ukraine.