Overview
- The meeting, moved up to 1 p.m. local time, is an informal bilateral at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence with no Russian participation.
- Talks are based on Ukraine’s 20-point plan unveiled on Dec. 24, prioritizing credible security guarantees and pathways for reconstruction funding estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
- Eleven European and Canadian leaders, joined by EU and NATO chiefs, pledged full support to Ukraine in a pre-meeting call, according to the German government.
- Putin appeared in uniform, threatened to use force if Kyiv rejects his terms, and showcased purported gains in Myrnohrad and Huljajpole that Ukraine’s general staff disputed as false.
- Ukrainian officials reported roughly 48 drones in an overnight attack, while Selenskyj signals a push for more air defenses and rejects ceding unconquered parts of Donetsk as a red line.