Overview
- The framework pairs NATO-style security guarantees and a peacetime cap of about 800,000 troops with a freeze along current lines and demilitarized zones under international monitoring.
- Zelensky said Moscow is reviewing the text and a response was expected around Dec. 24, while the Kremlin signaled it will set out positions without commenting through the media.
- Disputes center on Russia’s demand for parts of Donetsk and on how to run the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, where U.S. ideas for shared management clash with Kyiv’s U.S.–Ukraine joint-venture pitch.
- The draft links a non-attack commitment by Russia, EU prospects for Ukraine, post-deal elections and large reconstruction and investment funds targeted at hundreds of billions of dollars.
- Fighting continued with stepped-up strikes on energy infrastructure and Ukraine confirmed a withdrawal from Siversk as Kyiv urged more air-defense support.