US to propose Putin meet Zelensky and Trump face-to-face

The significance lies less in the proposal itself than in the format it implies: a three-way table that puts Washington in the room rather than mediating from outside, which would mark a shift in how the US positions itself in this diplomacy. For Kyiv and Moscow, direct exposure to both counterparts simultaneously changes the bargaining optics, and no date or venue being attached leaves the initiative in a deliberately uncommitted state. Whether the proposal moves beyond an announcement, and whether either side signals willingness to sit at that table, is the open question worth watching.