Security guarantees? Face time With Putin? Zelenskyy gets warmer Trump reception but unclear results

Press quote (Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)
19 August 2025

“I viewed this from the beginning as a damage-limitation exercise, and I think to some extent it achieved that,” said Ian Bond, a former British diplomat who is now deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London. “Clearly, it was a lot better than the meeting in February.”