Overview
- During a Madrid visit, Spain pledged €1 billion to purchase U.S. military equipment for transfer to Ukraine as Zelensky met the king and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
- Zelensky said he will be in Turkey on Wednesday to try to restart Ankara‑mediated negotiations and to relaunch prisoner exchanges with Russia.
- Ukrainian security chief Rustem Umerov has arrived in Istanbul to “unlock” swaps that Kyiv says could return about 1,200 prisoners.
- Reports indicate U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is in Turkey to meet Zelensky, signaling Washington’s engagement in the effort.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said Russian representatives will not take part in the planned contacts, while fighting continued with reported Ukrainian strikes on occupied Donetsk energy infrastructure and Russian missile and drone attacks inside Ukraine.