Overview
- Zelensky held a call with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, calling it a very good discussion that produced new ideas and tasking negotiator Rustem Umerov to continue talks.
- Moscow, via spokesman Dmitry Peskov, says it is analyzing the proposal and preparing its position, keeping details out of public view for now.
- The draft outlines NATO‑equivalent security guarantees for Ukraine without a formal renunciation of future NATO membership, with implementation overseen by a U.S.-chaired Council of Peace.
- Territorial sequencing features reciprocal pullbacks and demilitarized or economic zones in parts of Donetsk, alongside proposals for a Ukraine Development Fund and a U.S.–Ukraine joint operation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
- Russia’s latest drone and missile barrages have forced widespread power cuts and curbed nuclear output, with Kharkiv and other cities reporting casualties and deepening public skepticism about any deal’s enforceability.