Overview
- President Donald Trump said he was disappointed that Volodymyr Selenskyj had not read the latest US proposal and questioned whether the Ukrainian leader would accept it.
- Selenskyj travels to London today to consult with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on further changes to the plan.
- Recent meetings between US and Ukrainian representatives ended without a breakthrough, with Selenskyj saying he wants to keep talking to achieve a real peace.
- US envoy Keith Kellogg said negotiations are on the last ten meters with the Donbass and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as key hurdles, while Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Washington must make radical changes and pointed to territorial issues.
- The initial US draft was criticized as Moscow-friendly for seeking NATO renunciation, force reductions and ceding all of Donbass, prompting revisions as UN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock warned against territorial concessions that reward aggression.