🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The next step is to hold further talks with the participation of Zelensky according to Trump's vision," - Joint UK-EU Statement.

End of statement.

🇪🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Strong security guarantees that protect the interests of Ukraine and Europe are essential," - Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.

🇬🇧⚡️- New Aug 13-14 poll suggests Reform UK would win a general election outright.

🇵🇱🇺🇦⚡- "The game for Ukraine's future and the national security of Poland and Europe has entered a decisive stage," - Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister.

🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦⚡- The UK has announced a virtual meeting of the 'Coalition of Willing' to take place tomorrow.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "European officials and Trump discussed possible 'Article 5 style' security guarantees for Ukraine outside NATO as part of a potential peace deal," - CNN.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇳⚡- "New Delhi hopes for the lifting of US secondary sanctions on India after the Putin-Trump meeting,"- TASS, Russian outlet.

🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪⚡- British Prime Minister Starmer, French President Macron and German Chancellor Merz to hold a virtual meeting tomorrow on the Trump-Putin Summit.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Putin proposed to freeze the front in the Zaporozhye and Kherson in exchange for a Ukrainian withdrawal from Donetsk and Lugansk," - Axios.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Trump told European leaders peace could come quickly if Zelensky ceded all of the Donbass region [Donetsk + Lugansk] to Russia, including areas not under Russian control

In return, Putin offered a cease-fire along current lines, including Zaporozhye and Kherson, and a written pledge not to attack Ukraine or Europe again, a promise he has broken before," - The New York Times.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Trump informed Zelensky that Putin offered to freeze front lines in other areas, including Zaporozhye and Kherson, if Ukraine withdrew from the Donetsk and Lugansk [the Donbass] regions," - Reuters.

🇲🇱🇫🇷⚡- The Malian government announced it had foiled a coup d’etat attempt involving two generals from the Malian Armed Forces and a French national accused of working for French intelligence.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- The Wall Street Journal reports that President Trump has told his European counterparts that he is 'more willing than ever before' for the US to provide 'direct' security guarantees to Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- Russian President Putin is holding a cabinet meeting at the Kremlin to discuss the Trump-Putin Summit results.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- European leaders have been invited to attend the Trump-Zelensky meeting at the White House on Monday, August 18.