Overview
- Both leaders said negotiations are very close to completion, with Zelensky citing roughly 90% agreement on the draft and plans to try to finalize outstanding items in the coming weeks.
- Trump described difficult issues still on the table, including territorial arrangements in Donbas, and said Vladimir Putin has not agreed to a ceasefire.
- European leaders joined a follow-up call, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reported notable progress and pledged support to help consolidate it.
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported 186 combat engagements on Saturday, with the heaviest pressure on the Pokrovsk axis, and Ukrainian forces said Huliaipole remains contested rather than fully under Russian control.
- Ukraine said it struck Russia’s Syzran oil refinery and targets in occupied areas, while Russian missile and drone attacks damaged Ukraine’s power system, prompting planned rolling outages and drawing a formal protest from Lithuania.