Overview

• Volodymyr Zelensky traded his military uniform for an all-black suit and shirt at the White House, a shift reportedly requested by President Trump’s team to set a more formal tone.
• President Trump said a U.S.-brokered summit including Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky could move ahead without a prior ceasefire and suggested Ukraine might need to consider territorial concessions.
• Russian forces launched overnight strikes that raised the death toll to 14 and prompted air-raid sirens in Kyiv after a MiG-31 flight capable of carrying hypersonic missiles was detected.
• Zelensky condemned the continued attacks for undermining diplomatic efforts, reiterated his refusal to surrender Ukrainian territory and expressed conditional openness to talks under precise terms and guarantees.
• European leaders at the White House meeting pressed for a ceasefire and binding security guarantees for Ukraine as prerequisites for any effective peace negotiations.