Overview
- Ukraine and the United States will begin consultations in Switzerland in the coming days on possible parameters of a deal, with Andriy Yermak leading Kyiv’s team, officials said.
- European and other Western leaders meeting at the G20 called the U.S. 28‑point draft a basis for talks that requires additional work, and national security advisers from key EU states plan talks in Geneva on Sunday.
- The draft would recognize Russian control over occupied areas as de facto, cap Ukraine’s armed forces at about 600,000, and bar NATO membership or deployments, while offering security guarantees and reconstruction funds drawn partly from frozen Russian assets.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Ukraine faces a choice between preserving dignity or risking loss of a key partner, consulted leaders of France, Germany and the U.K., and said he will propose alternatives.
- President Vladimir Putin said the U.S. text could form the basis of a final settlement and warned that Russian forces would push farther if Kyiv rejects the plan.