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>>> President Trump stated he would not meet Vladimir Putin without a clear path to a verifiable peace agreement on Ukraine; the condition placed any summit on concrete steps by Russia to end aggression.

>>> President Trump said that the United States imposed “very big” sanctions on Russia that are “biting and strong”; his administration prepared additional measures that target banking and oil-and-gas nodes and consider the use of frozen assets to bolster Ukraine’s defense after allied consultations.

>>> U.S. officials coordinated with European partners on maritime and undersea security; increased Russian submarine activity in the North Atlantic prompted warnings and a tighter allied monitoring posture.

>>> On 25 October, former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said she would consider another presidential bid if political conditions align; policymakers in Kyiv and Brussels examined the signal for its impact on bipartisan U.S. support and long-term aid commitments to Ukraine.