Overview
- Presidential chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov arrived with Rustem Umerov and Davyd Arakhamia for talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll in Miami.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine could sign prepared documents on security guarantees and economic recovery next week in Davos if Washington agrees, with the Kremlin to be consulted afterward.
- Russia struck power infrastructure in the Kyiv and Odesa regions overnight, leaving more than 20 localities near the capital without electricity as subzero temperatures persist, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry reported.
- IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi announced a temporary local ceasefire around the Zaporizhia nuclear plant to allow repairs to a damaged reserve power line.
- Kharkiv’s mayor reported at least two deaths and additional injuries after an explosion of unknown origin in a high‑rise apartment building in the Saltivski district.