Overview
- At the White House, Zelenskyy pressed for long-range Tomahawk missiles, but Trump voiced reservations, citing the need to preserve U.S. stocks and calling potential transfers an escalation.
- Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said Putin warned that supplying long-range weapons would damage prospects for peace and U.S.–Russia relations.
- Trump said he expects to meet Putin in Budapest in the next two weeks, with foreign ministers Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrov tasked to work out details as Moscow noted multiple issues still to resolve.
- Zelenskyy met Raytheon representatives in Washington to discuss production capacity, potential cooperation on Tomahawk and Patriot systems, and possible joint manufacturing, alongside outreach to U.S. energy firms.
- U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged NATO partners to boost contributions through the PURL mechanism as analysts cautioned that talks so far have not shifted battlefield dynamics.