Overview
- U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met near Miami with Ukraine’s negotiator Rustem Umerov alongside senior representatives from France, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Washington proposed in-person talks in Miami involving Ukraine, the United States, and Russia, though no date was set.
- The Kremlin’s Yuri Ushakov said no such trilateral meeting was being prepared, contrasting with Kyiv’s account of the U.S. proposal.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington will not impose a peace deal on Ukraine and noted progress in talks while acknowledging that the toughest issues remain.
- Fighting continued as a missile strike on the Odesa region killed seven and injured 15, while Ukraine reported drone attacks on a Russian warship, a Lukoil drilling platform in the Caspian Sea, and aircraft at Crimea’s Belbek airfield.