- Russian President Vladimir Putin said that contacts with US mediators were “always beneficial” after meeting with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who are set to travel to Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a 72-hour pause in airstrikes on Kyiv and Moscow during the US delegation's diplomatic visit.
- Prior to the pause, a Russian drone struck Ukraine's Security Service headquarters in central Kyiv, injuring at least 15 people and prompting Volodymyr Zelensky to order an “appropriate, tangible response”.
- Separate overnight Russian drone and missile strikes killed five people at an industrial facility in Kamianske and targeted key Ukrainian airports ahead of the peace talks.
- In a separate global development, the UN General Assembly voted to replace the traditional Mercator world map with proportional equal-area map projections.
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