Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Budapest wasn’t the best place for talks to end the war in his country but he told reporters in Kyiv today that he will attend if invited. He cited Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Russia-friendly stance as a difficulty.

Ukraine’s European allies are rallying around Zelenskyy after mixed messages from Trump. The prospect of talks in Budapest leaves the EU uneasy.

Lavrov emphasised Russia's commitment to the peace agreement established during their Alaska summit., World News, Times Now

The White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recently boasted about responding to a journalist’s concerns with a ‘your mom’ joke. Leavitt shared the interaction herself on social media and immediately faced backlash over the ‘childish’ lack of professionalism.

He meets Russia’s Vladimir Putin in the next couple of weeks. He tells him to retreat and make peace. Putin obfuscates. Trump surrounds him with stones on the Go board and says: “That’s a shame. I’ll have to give [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy permission to fire after this conversation is over.