Overview
- In Beijing, Emmanuel Macron told Xi Jinping that China has a decisive capacity to influence a Ukraine ceasefire, while courting investment and technology deals as Xi reiterated support for efforts toward peace.
- In New Delhi, Vladimir Putin demanded Ukraine withdraw from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson or face their seizure by force, underscoring deepening energy and defense ties with India.
- U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Russian officials in Moscow and later conferred in Miami with Kyiv’s negotiator Rustem Umerov, as the Treasury eased some restrictions to keep Lukoil’s overseas stations operating.
- Russia said Washington proposed dividing a circulating 28‑point peace plan into four negotiable packages, but both sides signaled disagreements and no ceasefire has been reached.
- Der Spiegel reported EU leaders fear Washington could accept territorial concessions to Moscow; Volodymyr Zelensky pledged to pursue a dignified peace, and Brussels weighed using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.