Overview
- Financial Times reported that a U.S.-crafted proposal would require Kyiv to grant Russian language state status, protect the Moscow Patriarchate church, halve Ukraine’s armed forces, relinquish Donbas areas still under Kyiv’s control, reduce weaponry, and accept lower U.S. military aid, with sources saying envoy Stephen Witkoff relayed it to Rustem Umerov in Miami and Ukrainian contacts calling it aligned with maximal Russian demands.
- Moscow’s Maria Zakharova said Russia has received no information through official channels about any such agreements, and Dmitry Peskov said there are no new elements beyond prior Putin–Trump understandings referenced by the Kremlin.
- U.S. NATO representative Matthew Whitaker told Bloomberg the United States will continue to seek opportunities for negotiations, noting the president is weighing options that preserve lines of communication with Russia.
- Russia’s defense ministry said air defenses downed four U.S.-made ATACMS rockets aimed at Voronezh, with debris damaging roofs and no casualties, and Russian troops reported finding two abandoned Ukrainian weapons depots near Kolontaevka in Kupyansk that are being demined.
- Russia’s FSB in Donetsk announced the detention of a man on treason and terrorism-preparation charges for allegedly passing troop-location data to Ukraine’s GUR, and Ambassador Alexander Darchiev said Washington has not provided requested clarifications on U.S. presidential remarks about nuclear testing.