As Trump and Zelensky worked on a 20‑point peace framework in the U.S., Russian forces pounded Kherson with artillery and Shahed‑type drones, severely damaging the city’s only central heating plant, injuring civilians in residential districts, and triggering nationwide air defenses, even as Trump claimed Putin had pledged not to strike the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and Zelensky touted newly agreed U.S.–Ukraine security guarantees as vital to any eventual settlement.