Overview
- Trump and Zelenski met at Mar-a-Lago and characterized the negotiations as close to a possible agreement or cease-fire.
- Zelenski said a US-backed 20-point proposal is about 90% complete, with the status of Donbas and operations at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant still unresolved.
- The United States offered renewable 15-year security guarantees for Ukraine, while Zelenski pressed for far longer terms.
- Russia alleged Ukraine targeted a presidential residence in Novgorod with 91 drones and warned of determined retaliatory strikes; Kyiv denied the claim as an invention.
- Russian forces intensified missile and drone attacks on Kyiv during the talks, as European and NATO partners voiced concern over a largely bilateral negotiation track.