Diplomacy on Ukraine and Europe's hardening stance toward Moscow set today's agenda.

Ukraine diplomacy

  • Trump's team will hold peace talks in both Kyiv and Moscow, Zelensky says — Washington's most direct push yet to end Russia's war, with no dates, venue or agenda confirmed (more).

Europe versus Moscow

  • A suspect in the failed Leipzig airport drone attack lived in Russia for years; Latvia's security services have joined the German probe, days after Berlin closed Russia's Bonn consulate and added new sanctions over the plot (more).
  • European allies are shifting toward building their own intelligence capabilities rather than relying on Washington, an Atlantic Council analysis finds, warning the US risks being excluded from networks it helped build; how far any government has gone in practice remains unclear (more).