Here are the key events on day 1,272 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Tuesday, August 19:Politics and diplomacy
United States President Donald Trump said he had a “good meeting” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday.
Trump said the leaders discussed security guarantees that would be provided to Ukraine by European countries in “coordination with” the US.
Zelenskyy said US involvement in the security guarantees was “a major step forward”, and that details would be “formalised on paper within the next week to 10 days”.
Zelenskyy also told reporters that his country had offered to buy $90bn worth of US weapons.
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb said the security guarantees discussed were similar to the Article 5-type guarantees offered to NATO members, but that details still needed to be ironed out.
A Kremlin aide said Trump spoke with Putin on the phone for 40 minutes after his meeting with Zelenskyy and the European leaders, and that the two leaders discussed the possibility of increasing the level of Russian and Ukrainian representatives during talks.
Trump said he had begun making arrangements for a bilateral summit between the Russian leader and Zelenskyy, with trilateral talks involving the US president to follow.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy could take place within two weeks.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Trump believes Putin “also wants a …
