🟥 The White House announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have expressed a willingness to sit down for dialogue, amid ongoing arrangements for a meeting in Budapest. Washington confirmed that air support for Ukraine remains an option, but it will not deploy troops on the ground. Instead, it will coordinate security guarantees through a team led by the Vice President, the Secretary of State, and Special Envoy Witkoff.