Overview
- A White House official said there are no plans for an in-person meeting between President Trump and President Putin in the immediate future.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a call described as productive, removing the need for an additional in-person session between them.
- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov signaled no urgency for a leaders’ meeting and said serious preparation is required.
- Two U.S. officials told Reuters the proposed Budapest summit faltered because Russia insists any agreement grant it control of all of Donbas.
- Trump held off on approving Tomahawk missiles during President Zelenskyy’s Washington visit, and Zelenskyy later said Russia grew less interested in diplomacy once that hesitation became clear.