Overview
- Kyiv and Washington reported a common understanding on core terms, with Ukraine preparing a potential Zelenskyy visit to the United States to finalize leader-level decisions.
- President Trump said only a few disagreements remain and will dispatch special envoy Steve Witkoff to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week.
- U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll held talks with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi, with his spokesman describing the discussions as going well.
- Moscow signaled resistance, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying Russia is awaiting an interim text and warning that changes that erase prior understandings would alter the situation.
- Fighting continued as deadly strikes hit Kyiv and Russian border regions, underscoring fragile momentum for the talks.