Overview

• The Alaska meeting between President Trump and President Putin ended without a ceasefire and pivoted toward direct U.S.-brokered talks on territorial adjustments.
• U.S. envoys report that Russia offered to cede parts of five eastern regions and agreed to discuss security guarantees outside NATO modeled on Article 5.
• A high-profile delegation—including Macron, Merz, Starmer, Meloni, von der Leyen, Rutte and Stubb—has joined Zelensky at the White House to present a united front.
• Kyiv and its European backers firmly reject any transfer of Donetsk, Luhansk or other Ukrainian lands and demand talks begin from existing front lines.
• Russian forces continued operations over the weekend, with dozens of strikes and a deadly drone attack in Kharkiv killing at least four civilians.