Overview
- Zelensky held a two-hour call with U.S. envoys Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner on territory and U.S. security guarantees, with Axios reporting progress on guarantees and further work on territorial options.
- U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators plan follow-up consultations in London after talks in Miami, according to U.S. and Ukrainian accounts.
- Special envoy Kit Kellogg reiterates that Washington will not send American troops to Ukraine and points to economic pressure, including targeting the so-called shadow fleet, as preferred leverage.
- Kellogg singles out Donetsk and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as the core unresolved questions, arguing other elements should fall into place once those are settled.
- The administration’s National Security Strategy sharply criticizes Europe’s trajectory, while European media report being excluded from the closed-track talks, and Moscow and Washington describe their five-hour Kremlin meeting as constructive with no compromise yet.