Overnight friction with Washington deepened after Trump accused Zelensky of resisting peace. Zelensky said 'someone' slowed aid, asked US senators to press Trump, and raised missed ballistic warnings, Starlink limits and blocked Patriot deliveries with Rubio and a delegation. Rubio called the intelligence pause a signal to Moscow, while Bloomberg cited NATO warnings of an arms cutoff and WP reported Trump sought a deal by December.
Under a day of alerts, Russian strikes killed three at a Kyiv-region enterprise, three on the Kyiv-Odesa highway and three in Kramatorsk, and hit a Kyiv energy facility and medical sites.
In Norway, Zelensky met US envoy Witkoff and European leaders. Kyiv said ceasefire terms, Article-5-like guarantees and a trilateral summit would be carried to Putin in St. Petersburg, while Trump said Putin and Zelensky need not share a room and Zelensky said Moscow rejected an energy truce.