Overview

• Ukraine formally offered Russia new peace negotiations next week through National Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov.
• President Zelensky reiterated his willingness to hold direct, high-level talks with President Putin to secure a ceasefire.
• Russia’s maximalist demands for ceding four regions and abandoning Western military aid remain a key sticking point.
• June talks in Istanbul led only to prisoner and soldier body exchanges, leaving substantive negotiations suspended.
• US President Trump’s 50-day deadline and NATO-financed arms deliveries are intensifying diplomatic pressure on both capitals.