>ISW intelligence: The Kremlin did not publicly commit to a bilateral or trilateral leader-level meeting, contrary to US President Donald Trump's announcement following the August 18 multilateral summit.
>Other key takeaways from our latest assessment
>- Western leaders reaffirmed the importance of strong security guarantees for Ukraine to ensure a just and lasting peace at the August 18 summit.
>- Russian officials largely rejected Europe's proposed security guarantees for Ukraine in a potential peace agreement.
>- Western leaders expressed support for a ceasefire that may follow a possible future trilateral meeting between Trump, Zelensky, and Putin.
>- Russian forces conducted long-range strikes against Ukrainian rear areas that resulted in civilian casualties ahead of the August 18 White House meetings.
>- Russian forces are struggling to exploit the infiltration in the Dobropillya direction in the face of continued Ukrainian counterattacks.
>- A Russian servicemember recently murdered a Ukrainian woman in the Pokrovsk direction in clear violation of international law.
damn war criminals