Overview
- U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Ukraine’s Rustem Umjerow called the three‑day Miami round productive and constructive, and Russian delegate Kirill Dmitrijew used similar language.
- Official accounts reported no face‑to‑face meeting between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators, and Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov denied any trilateral session was being prepared.
- Negotiators worked on security guarantees, potential frameworks touching territorial issues, prisoner exchanges and economic recovery plans, with timelines discussed but no outcomes announced.
- Fighting continued during the talks, including heavy strikes on the Odessa region that hit Allseeds’ major sunflower‑oil terminal, caused at least one death and destroyed thousands of tons of oil.
- In Europe, leaders approved a €90 billion Commission‑raised loan package for Ukraine backed by EU budget headroom, a structure that could leave member states ultimately liable.