Welcome to the NewsHour. The White House press secretary said today that Russian President

Vladimir Putin confirmed to President Trump that he would soon meet with Ukrainian President

Vladimir Zelensky, whose country Russia invaded.

And White House officials say one possible location for the summit is Hungary, led by

Victor Orban, a longtime Putin ally and critic of the Western

coalition that's backing Ukraine. Orban has repeatedly blasted both NATO and the European Union,

which Hungary belongs to for what he calls their overly aggressive support of Ukraine's defense.

Nick Schiffren begins our coverage again tonight.

In eastern Ukraine today, firefighters rushed to Russia's target of choice, a residential

apartment building, where not everyone got out in time.

200 miles to the west, the blood-orange sky of a Ukrainian sunrise mixed with the smoke

of a city besieged.

Russia bombarded Ukraine once again today, leading Ukrainians, even in Kyiv's quieter streets,

to distrust diplomatic efforts to find peace.

It seems to me there will be some agreements, but I don't think it will be possible to say

this is the end of the war.

Even if there is a truce, this enemy will not stop within the borders he has now.

We will give them very good protection, very good security.

Yesterday, President Trump promised Ukraine long-term U.S. support.

We're willing to help them with things, especially probably if you could talk about by air.

But today in a phone call with Fox News, President Trump created a new support ceiling.

What kind of assurances do you feel like you have that going forward and, you know, past this Trump administration,

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