White House Weighs Budapest for Zelenskyy-Putin Peace Summit

The White House is evaluating Budapest as a potential location for direct peace negotiations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a Politico report citing U.S. officials. The proposal would mark the highest-level face-to-face meeting since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and comes as Washington intensifies diplomatic efforts to end the conflict.