— The heads of the negotiating groups of Russia and Ukraine are in contact

— In Alaska, a very substantive and necessary conversation took place between President Putin and President Trump

— Possible contacts between Russia and Ukraine at the highest level must be first prepared in order to be effective

— On possible security guarantees for Ukraine: we do not consider public discussion of this issue useful

— Further on possible security guarantees for Ukraine: there should be no Western troops in Ukraine — they are NATO members

— On the Putin–Trump summit: Ukraine was discussed, but we do not consider it useful to discuss details publicly without context

— Peskov did not comment on the possibility of Trump’s visit to China and his meeting there with Putin

— The Kremlin is preparing the schedule of Putin’s bilateral meetings at the SCO summit and his visit to China; it will be published once it is ready