Overview
- Zelenskyy announced he agreed to meet President Trump soon to discuss the framework, saying much could be decided before the New Year.
- Outlets in the UK and elsewhere reported the meeting could take place in Florida as early as Sunday, though U.S. officials have not confirmed the timing.
- Ukraine and U.S. negotiators settled on a 20-point proposal sent to Moscow that contemplates reciprocal pullbacks and an internationally monitored demilitarised zone in parts of the east.
- The Kremlin says it is analyzing the plan as President Putin maintains demands for all of Donbas, with Kommersant reporting he is open to limited swaps outside the region and floated ideas on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
- Fighting continues as Russian drones and missiles hit Odesa and Mykolaiv, damaging port facilities and foreign-flagged ships, while Ukraine says Storm Shadow missiles struck the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov region.