Overview
- In a Fox News interview, Zelensky named Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Austria and Switzerland as options and cited Kazakhstan as an example of a neutral venue.
- Putin previously invited Zelensky to hold talks in Moscow, an offer Zelensky has declined.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that an unprepared summit would amount to a PR exercise doomed to fail and insisted on groundwork by experts.
- Trump said preparations were underway for a Putin–Zelensky meeting, and Russian aide Yury Ushakov said Putin and Trump supported continued direct talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations.
- Russia recalls Sergey Lavrov’s 2022 proposal for three working groups on humanitarian, military and political issues, saying Kyiv has not provided a formal response.