Overview
- Ukraine made public a roughly 20‑point proposal that seeks to freeze the front line, create demilitarized zones and set international monitoring, with disputed details on Zaporizhzhia’s management still unresolved.
- Russia’s Foreign Ministry said negotiations with Washington are progressing slowly and proposed formalizing a legally binding non‑aggression pact with NATO and the EU.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said he discussed the plan with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, praised “good ideas” for a lasting peace and signaled a planned meeting with President Donald Trump soon.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov condemned Zelensky’s Christmas remark wishing for Putin’s death and questioned his suitability for political and diplomatic decision‑making.
- Ukrainian officials reported civilian casualties from Russian strikes in Chernihiv and Kherson, while Russia’s defense ministry claimed it downed large numbers of Ukrainian drones over its territory.