Overview
- Zelensky outlined a 20-point draft that would freeze forces on present positions and defer final status issues, with any Ukrainian troop withdrawals requiring a nationwide referendum after a 60-day ceasefire.
- The text removes earlier U.S. language demanding a Ukrainian exit from parts of Donetsk or a binding renunciation of NATO membership.
- Provisions include security guarantees modeled on collective-response commitments, extensive reconstruction finance targeting about $200 billion, and international oversight described as a Peace Council chaired by President Trump.
- A U.S.-proposed joint operation of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant by Ukraine, the United States and Russia was flagged by Zelensky as unacceptable.
- Moscow says it is formulating its position on the plan, France signaled support for the effort, Zelensky consulted U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and fighting continued with Russian strikes on Odesa and gains reported in Donetsk.