Overview
- Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev met U.S. mediators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Miami and said the discussions would continue through the weekend.
- Ukraine’s team led by Rustem Umerov held separate sessions with U.S. officials and with European representatives from France, the United Kingdom and Germany.
- Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said no formal three‑way meeting is being prepared and indicated Moscow will review Dmitriev’s report before deciding next steps.
- Zelensky reiterated that any accord must stop the war in practice and include solid security guarantees, pointing to the Budapest Memorandum as a cautionary precedent.
- Hostilities continued with a deadly strike reported in Odesa, while European Union leaders arranged new financing for Ukraine without using frozen Russian assets.