Overview
- The White House set the Mar-a-Lago meeting for 1 p.m. local time, two hours earlier than planned, and Trump said no proposal advances without his approval.
- Zelensky will lay out a revised 20-point proposal centered on NATO-style security guarantees and a freeze of the current front line, alongside EU accession steps and reconstruction funding.
- Eleven European leaders and the heads of NATO and the EU, joined by Canada, pledged full backing on a coordination call and said they will work with Washington for a just, lasting peace.
- Putin signaled a harder line by threatening to resolve issues by force, pressing for new “security zones,” and claiming ongoing advances along the front.
- Ukrainian officials reported a large aerial assault on Kyiv that killed at least two and cut power to over a million, while Russian claims of capturing Myrnohrad and Huliajpole were denied by Kyiv and remain unverified.