Overview
- Zelensky said the meeting with President Trump aims to finalize as many items as possible on the 20-point draft, with reports pointing to Mar-a-Lago, and noted the White House has not confirmed the date.
- The proposal outlines U.S. and European security guarantees modeled on mutual-defense commitments, with automatic military responses and restored sanctions if Russia attacks again.
- Kyiv signaled conditional pullbacks from parts of Donetsk tied to equivalent Russian withdrawals to create demilitarized strips, one of several sensitive trade-offs under discussion.
- The draft includes a joint U.S.–Ukraine operating arrangement for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and envisions a legally binding accord overseen by a Peace Council chaired by the U.S. president.
- Zelensky reported constructive talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, while the Kremlin said Kirill Dmitriev briefed Putin and that Russia is forming its position as analysts question the likelihood of acceptance.