Overview
- The U.S. State Department said both sides agreed that movement toward a deal requires Russia to engage seriously and that a framework for security arrangements and deterrence was outlined for a potential settlement.
- Talks near Miami bring together U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner with Ukraine's chief negotiator Roustem Oumerov and Gen. Andriy Hnatov after their earlier meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
- Kyiv continues to seek changes to a U.S. plan it initially considered too favorable to Russia following multiple rounds in Geneva and Florida.
- The Kremlin said the Moscow meeting produced some progress yet emphasized that considerable work remains to reach any agreement.
- Fighting persists as Russia claims control of Bezimenné in Donetsk, Ukraine reports most of 137 drones were shot down, and a new pre-dawn strike hit the Kyiv region injuring three.