Overview
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Putin and Steve Witkoff will discuss understandings reached between Washington and Kyiv on a possible settlement.
- RIA Novosti reports Witkoff arrived at the Kremlin with RDIF chief Kirill Dmitriev, and Peskov says Jared Kushner will participate in the talks, with the envoy expected to present a revised U.S. plan coordinated with Ukraine.
- Peskov states Russia remains open to negotiations only if they achieve the objectives set at the start of the operation and calls the Trump administration’s plan a good basis for final agreements.
- At an investment forum, Putin claimed full control of Kupyansk and Pokrovsk and invited foreign journalists to visit, a claim Ukraine’s General Staff disputes, saying fighting continues.
- The Kremlin previews a New Delhi trip with a planned signing package and defense discussions including S-400 and Su-57 supplies, while Ukrainian officials report fresh Russian drone and rocket attacks in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.