Overview
- The Ukrainian delegation led by Kyrylo Boudanov is meeting in Miami with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, with a joint session expected to include U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.
- Negotiators are tackling unresolved questions over occupied territories and the scope of Western security guarantees, and a revised U.S. draft no longer requires Ukraine to renounce NATO membership.
- Volodymyr Zelensky said a signing at the World Economic Forum in Davos is possible if Washington signs off on a finalized text.
- U.S. envoys have conducted months of shuttle diplomacy with Kyiv and Moscow, and President Donald Trump told Reuters that Vladimir Putin is ready to conclude an agreement while casting Ukraine as less willing.
- The urgency of the talks is heightened by a nationwide energy-sector emergency after large Russian strikes knocked out power and heat during severe winter conditions.