Overview

• Zelensky said his phone conversation with the U.S. president was very positive and productive.
• The leaders discussed ways to strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses and explored concrete arrangements to deliver them.
• Zelensky briefed Trump on large Russian strikes against Ukraine’s power grid that caused widespread outages and reportedly killed a seven-year-old child.
• A Ukrainian delegation will travel to the United States next week to negotiate energy support, sanctions coordination, air-defense aid, and potential use of frozen Russian assets.
• Zelensky congratulated Trump on the Gaza ceasefire and urged applying that diplomatic approach to end the war with Russia, following Trump’s recent, more supportive tone on Ukraine.