Overview
- - Multiple outlets report a 28-point framework drafted through a backchannel between U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian interlocutor Kirill Dmitriev, with a U.S. official saying European partners have been briefed.
- - Reported provisions include Ukraine ceding or recognizing occupied areas such as parts of Donbas and Crimea, sharply reducing its armed forces and long-range weapons, and restricting foreign troop deployments, with some accounts noting language and church measures.
- - Ukrainian officials expressed alarm and sought clarity on whether President Trump backs the draft, and a planned meeting between Zelensky and Witkoff in Turkey was postponed.
- - President Zelensky met Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan to seek ways to restart negotiations, while U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and General Randy George arrived in Kyiv for a fact-finding visit and meetings with Ukrainian leaders.
- - Russian missile and drone attacks struck Ternopil and other regions, killing at least 25 people including children, as Moscow’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov publicly denied any new developments on peace proposals.