Overview
- Ukrainian officials say they have largely accepted a rewritten U.S. plan from Geneva, with the question of territorial concessions still unresolved.
- Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov says there is a preliminary agreement for Steve Witkoff to visit Moscow next week, after Trump announced he would send his envoy to meet Vladimir Putin.
- Trump removed any fixed deadline for a deal and defended Witkoff’s October call with Ushakov as standard negotiating practice.
- Bloomberg’s transcript quotes Witkoff saying peace would require Russia keeping Donetsk and possibly a territory swap, prompting criticism from Republicans including Don Bacon and Brian Fitzpatrick.
- Diplomatic contacts are ongoing in Abu Dhabi with U.S., Ukrainian and Russian security officials, while Europeans helped pare the original 28-point draft into a shorter text with stronger security guarantees for Kyiv.