Overview
- Zelensky said the U.S. set a June target for a peace agreement and signaled it would press both sides if progress stalls.
- Washington proposed hosting the next trilateral meeting as early as next week in Miami, and Kyiv confirmed it will attend.
- The latest Abu Dhabi round produced a swap of 314 prisoners of war and reopened channels for further talks, including a military-to-military line.
- Core disputes still block a deal, with Russia demanding full control of Donbas, unresolved control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, and skepticism in Kyiv over a proposed Donbas economic zone.
- Russia launched more than 400 drones and about 40 missiles at energy sites overnight, forcing nuclear plants to cut output and prompting renewed U.S. calls for a ceasefire on energy infrastructure that Ukraine says Moscow previously broke.