Trump predicts a reshaped Ukraine once the war finally ends

Donald Trump is already sketching out the finish line in Ukraine. In an interview with CBS's 60 Minutes, the US president said he believes a resolution to the war is within reach and that Ukraine's map won't survive the peace intact. The country, he said, is going to end up with a little bit different shape.

Pressed on the war zone's satellite lifeline, Trump kept his fingerprints off it. Asked about restrictions placed on Starlink inside the conflict area and who actually holds the switch, he answered: well, it wasn't me. Asked whether a president should control that kind of infrastructure, he offered a hedged: probably, probably.

The comments drop as diplomacy kicks back into gear. European leaders have been working the phones on Ukraine and the talks ahead, with London and Helsinki both pushing for movement toward what they describe as a just and lasting peace.

On the ground, the accusations are flying. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces pulled off a significant rotation of personnel and equipment during the ceasefire in Oleshky, in southern Ukraine's Kherson Oblast, and warned that extra occupier troops were moved into the town. He said Ukraine's military command must come up with proposals to better protect life in Kherson.

Russia's defense ministry, meanwhile, said its forces downed 50 Ukrainian drones over the course of the day, spread across the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and Rostov regions and the Republic of Crimea, according to its latest update.

And there was a nuclear near-miss to track. The International Atomic Energy Agency said the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost its connection to a 330-kilovolt power line and briefly ran on emergency diesel generators before power was restored. The agency counted it as the plant's 27th loss of off-site power since the conflict began.