Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is willing to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky but only in a “final phase” of peace talks. He emphasized Moscow’s readiness for substantive negotiations while questioning Zelensky’s legitimacy as Ukraine’s representative.

A day after President Trump signaled that Ukraine wasn’t a top priority, and following Russia’s deadliest attack on Kyiv in weeks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky left a summit of the Group of Seven industrial nations without the support he had hoped to rally.