Overview
- Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Vladimir Putin must meet in person to settle the most sensitive points of a 20‑point plan.
- Sybiha asserted that only U.S. President Donald Trump can broker a final agreement to end the war.
- A 314‑person prisoner swap was completed during the Abu Dhabi round, the first exchange since October, though no breakthrough was reported.
- Key disputes persist over territory and strategic control, including Russia's demand for the remaining 20% of Donetsk and Ukraine's push to regain the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
- Ukraine seeks U.S.-backed security guarantees that Washington has signaled it would ratify in Congress, offering a non‑combat ‘backstop’ with allied monitoring rather than U.S. troops on the ground.