Overview
- After two days of meetings in Florida, the U.S. State Department and envoy Steve Witkoff said consultations with Ukraine on a peace framework will continue, with discussions touching on security arrangements and postwar recovery.
- Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff briefed Kyiv’s delegation after presenting U.S. proposals to Vladimir Putin in Moscow on December 2, with no material concessions from the Kremlin reported so far.
- Overnight missile and drone attacks hit areas around Kyiv, with local authorities reporting injuries and Ukraine’s air force citing Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and dozens of drones targeting infrastructure.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met in Brussels to press for using EU‑frozen Russian state assets to fund Ukraine, as Belgium’s legal and financial concerns hold up a decision expected at the December 18 European Council.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky removed Andriy Yermak from the National Security Council and the wartime command body, following Yermak’s earlier resignation amid corruption investigations.