Overview
- Kyrylo Budanow and Rustem Umerow lead a Ukrainian delegation meeting U.S. representatives in Miami to finalize security guarantees and an economic recovery package valued at up to €690 billion.
- President Volodymyr Selenskyj says a bilateral security agreement could be signed at the World Economic Forum in Davos if the U.S. agrees and preparations are completed.
- Media reports identify Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as expected U.S. interlocutors, with Russia absent from Miami talks as the Kremlin signals it expects a separate visit by U.S. envoys to Moscow.
- Selenskyj rejects President Donald Trump’s claim that Kyiv is blocking peace efforts, asserting Russia is delaying agreements and stating Ukraine’s draft with Washington is largely ready.
- The IAEA confirms a localized ceasefire near the Zaporizhzhia plant to repair a damaged 330‑kV line under agency monitoring, as Ukraine reports intense eastern fighting and Kyiv struggles through rolling outages with district heat mostly restored except for about 50 blocks.