Budapest Trump–Putin Summit Put On Hold

Plans for a Budapest summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been put on hold, with the White House saying there are no plans for a meeting "in the immediate future" after Secretary of State Marco Rubio's call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Officials described the Rubio–Lavrov conversation as "productive" but said Washington and Moscow remain sharply divided over ceasefire terms, with the U.S. pushing to freeze current frontlines and Russia demanding control of contested eastern and southern regions, including the Donbas. U.S. officials say Russia sent a private "non-paper" reaffirming its territorial demands, and the Kremlin has warned that "serious preparation" will be needed before any summit can proceed. European leaders and NATO have urged the U.S. to insist on an immediate ceasefire based on present battle lines, and some EU diplomats said Hungary's selection as host plus an outstanding ICC arrest warrant for Putin complicate plans. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and others suggested Moscow's interest in diplomacy waned as the U.S. weighed supplying longer-range weapons, including Tomahawk missiles, to Kyiv.