The day began with Zelensky's open letter to Putin proposing a meeting to end the war, widely covered as a diplomatic opening. By afternoon, Putin rejected the overture, calling the letter 'rude' and seeing no reason to meet, a reversal that dominated evening headlines. Earlier, Israel deployed troops in Azerbaijan amid the Iran war and the Lebanon truce collapsed. The Crans-Montana fire case saw interrogations of the Moretti couple. At Roland Garros, Arnaldi withdrew due to a virus, sending Cobolli to the final against Zverev. The US presented a NATO disengagement plan for Europe.