Overview
- The Kremlin accepted President Donald Trump’s personal request and agreed to stop targeting Kyiv’s energy infrastructure only until Sunday, shortening a proposed weeklong pause while continuing strikes elsewhere.
- Ukraine reported no overnight hits on power facilities in the capital and signaled it could halt reciprocal attacks on Russian energy sites if the restraint is maintained.
- Russian and Ukrainian delegations are meeting in Abu Dhabi under U.S. mediation, with Ukraine represented by Rustem Umierov and Kyrylo Budanov and Russia by Igor Kostyukov, as control of the Donbas remains a core dispute.
- EU foreign ministers formally listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization over the brutal protest crackdown, with death tolls contested and Tehran promising consequences.
- The United States unveiled new sanctions on senior Iranian officials and financiers and deployed additional naval forces, while Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran is ready to resume nuclear talks on equal footing that exclude missiles and defense, with no meeting scheduled.