Overview

• Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin failed to secure a ceasefire in Alaska and Trump has shifted toward negotiating a direct peace deal that could include Ukrainian territorial concessions
• Russia continues military strikes and rejects calls for a prior ceasefire even as U.S. envoys report Moscow offered limited concessions on five regions
• Volodymyr Zelensky will meet President Trump at the White House today alongside an allied European delegation to ensure Ukraine’s sovereign consent to any peace terms
• European leaders have mobilized to block forced cessions of Donetsk and Luhansk and to demand credible security guarantees similar to NATO’s Article 5 but implemented outside the alliance
• Discussions will explore a possible trilateral summit and the structure of defense guarantees, though details on enforcement mechanisms remain unresolved