Overview
- Zelensky said he and President Donald Trump agreed to meet "in the near future" after calls with US emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
- The latest US draft would freeze the front on current positions and drops earlier demands for a Ukrainian withdrawal from parts of Donbass and a legal pledge to forgo NATO membership.
- Kyiv and Washington left unresolved the status of Donetsk and a proposed Russia‑Ukraine‑US arrangement to run the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which Zelensky called inappropriate.
- The Kremlin says it is formulating its position on the text, and Russia has not accepted the proposal.
- Any agreement that includes Ukrainian troop withdrawals would require a nationwide referendum with a 60‑day ceasefire, as fighting continues with a withdrawal from Siversk and new strikes on Odesa.