Belgorod without electricity. Photo Reuters / Scanpix / LETA.
- The second stage of trilateral negotiations involving representatives from Russia, Ukraine, and the USA has concluded in Abu Dhabi. The outcome of the meeting was a prisoner exchange under the scheme "157 for 157," which was the first in the last five months.
- Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff reported that the delegations discussed numerous issues, including ways to achieve a ceasefire and its monitoring.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that the next round of negotiations could take place in the USA.
- The governor of Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reported on the consequences of shelling by Ukrainian forces, which resulted in destruction in the city. Earlier, a radiologist was killed in the region as a result of a drone attack.
- According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, the restoration of the Darnytsia CHP will take at least two months.
- The USA and Russia have reached an agreement to resume high-level dialogue between their armed forces, which was suspended in the fall of 2021.
- The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the downing of 17 drones over Russian regions, of which 13 were shot down over Bryansk region, three over Belgorod, and one over Kursk.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that after the war, he plans to maintain the number of Ukrainian armed forces at 800,000 and transition to a contract-based system for army recruitment.
- The head of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ignazio Cassis, and the Secretary General of the OSCE, Feridun Sinirlioğlu, have arrived in Moscow.
- The Prime Minister of Latvia, Evika Silin, and the President of Estonia, Alar Karis, called on the European Union to appoint a special envoy to restore dialogue with the Kremlin.
- A court in Kazakhstan denied political asylum to Russian army deserter Yevgeny Korobov.
