Russia and Ukraine have exchanged cautious signs of willingness to restart peace talks, even as the U.S. ramps up military support for Kyiv. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is still open to negotiations and will wait if Ukraine believes it’s not yet time. He reaffirmed his earlier conditions: Ukraine must withdraw from four contested regions and agree not to join NATO. Putin also described recent talks in Istanbul as generally positive.
Russia’s foreign minister proposed forming working groups on political and military issues, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded with cautious optimism, saying Ukraine is ready to work quickly toward peace and again called for direct talks with Russian leaders.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the deployment of two nuclear submarines in response to provocative statements from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who warned about Russia’s nuclear capabilities and criticized Trump’s tariff threats as dangerous.
The U.S. has set an August 8 deadline for a peace agreement, though it hasn’t said what actions might follow if it’s missed. At the same time, the U.S. and NATO are reportedly creating a new plan to supply Ukraine with weapons using pooled NATO funds to buy or transfer American arms—a shift from earlier U.S. efforts to focus on peace negotiations.
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