Overview
- On June 14, President Trump spoke by phone with both Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin and the leaders agreed to take up peace ideas during a G7 working session rather than in a separate bilateral meeting.
- The Kremlin said the Trump‑Putin call focused on a draft US–Iran memorandum and announced that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will return to Moscow soon.
- Ukrainian forces launched long‑range drone strikes into Russian territory, hitting an industrial fuel storage site in Yaroslavl that caught fire and a separate strike in Oryol that regional officials say killed one person and wounded nine.
- The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported that May was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since 2022, recording at least 274 deaths and 1,763 injuries from intensified fighting and strikes.
- British forces boarded and detained the Russian‑linked tanker SMYRTOS in the English Channel in an operation authorized by Prime Minister Keir Starmer as part of stepped‑up efforts to enforce sanctions and choke revenue streams that fund the war.