Overview
- The Ukrainian president said he could accept elections within 60–90 days only if the United States and Europe guarantee the country’s security, and he asked lawmakers to prepare legal changes to enable voting under wartime conditions.
- A senior Ukrainian official said an updated plan to end the war—now framed as a 20‑point outline with separate papers on security guarantees and reconstruction—has been transmitted to Washington.
- President Trump confirmed a call with Chancellor Merz, President Macron and Prime Minister Starmer and said European leaders invited U.S. participation in a meeting in Europe this weekend that could include Zelenskyy, while U.S. attendance remains undecided.
- Zelenskyy also announced a new meeting of Ukraine’s supporter states for Thursday as transatlantic consultations over a ceasefire framework continue.
- Significant obstacles to credible voting persist under martial law, with millions displaced and parts of Ukraine occupied, and the Kremlin has said it would not accept a ceasefire timed to an electoral campaign even as it publicly welcomed Zelenskyy’s statement.