Trump's latest posts suggest he's back to being annoyed at Putin, but we'll see if this translates into tough sanctions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is ready to make “some compromise” on his demand that a ceasefire takes place before any talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin – as long as some security guarantees for Ukraine are established.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov indicated at a press conference in Moscow on Wednesday that the Kremlin would accept international security guarantees for Ukraine only if they match what his government had proposed during the Istanbul peace talks of early 2022.

According to the Trump administration, the broad outlines of Vladimir Putin’s proposal to end the war in Ukraine are coming into focus. Ukraine would give Russia control of approximately 6,600 square kilometers,

Nothing on the Eastern Front suggests the war could end soon. Diplomatic peace efforts feel so far removed from the battlefield that many soldiers doubt they can bring results. Their skepticism is rooted in months of what they see as broken U.S. promises to end the war quickly.

President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who offered to host future peace talks in Turkey. The call comes just days before the Aug. 15 Trump-Putin summit on ending the war in Ukraine—without Ukraine's participation.

Geneva, Istanbul and Budapest have been put forward as potential locations - but bilateral talks still remain a long way off.