Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Trump had a phone call that lasted nearly an hour and a half. The two sides discussed the situation in Ukraine. Putin believes the root causes of the Ukraine crisis need to be eliminated and endorses the idea of ​​a long-term solution through negotiations. Trump said the conflict between Russia and Ukraine should be ended quickly, and said on social media that the two sides agreed to work closely to end the conflict and sent a team to start negotiations immediately. He also plans to brief Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the contents of his phone call with Putin.

The two heads of state agreed to organize a meeting, and Putin invited Trump to visit Moscow. Trump later expressed his views on Ukraine's membership of NATO, calling the proposal "unrealistic."

U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth said in Brussels, Belgium, that restoring Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an "unrealistic" goal and that the United States does not support Ukraine's membership in NATO to ensure its future security. He emphasized that any lasting peace agreement must include strong security guarantees, and that European troops should become the main force in ensuring the security of post-war Ukraine, and that U.S. troops will not be involved. He also pointed out that if European troops are deployed to Ukraine for peacekeeping in the future, this should be a "non-NATO" mission and does not apply to NATO's collective defense provisions. In addition, Hegseth mentioned that the European members of NATO need to bear the main share of future assistance to Ukraine, and the United States will no longer tolerate unbalanced alliance relationships.

Zelensky said on social media later that day that he had spoken with Trump to discuss the possibility of peace in Ukraine. Trump shared details of the call with Putin and said the conversation with Zelensky went very well and that both sides wanted peace.