Overview

• President Trump held separate Oval Office and multilateral sessions with President Zelenskyy and seven European heads of state to negotiate a comprehensive peace framework.
• Trump urged Ukraine to accept territorial swaps and abandon NATO membership ambitions, citing his recent Alaska summit with President Putin as justification.
• Zelenskyy, supported by the EU delegation, rejected any cession of sovereign territory and demanded concrete, enforceable security guarantees before agreeing to talks.
• U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff reported that Putin had agreed in principle to ’Article 5-like’ defense assurances, though details on participation and enforcement remain unclear.
• Russian missile and drone attacks struck multiple Ukrainian regions during the discussions, highlighting ongoing battlefield pressure and the stakes of a swift diplomatic resolution.