Overview
- Ukraine will share the revised peace plan with Washington today, with Zelensky saying the document has been trimmed from 28 to 20 points after removing “obvious anti‑Ukrainian” provisions.
- After meetings in London with Starmer, Macron and Merz and in Brussels with NATO and EU leaders, European capitals signaled support for revisions and stressed robust, long‑term security guarantees for Kyiv.
- Core disputes remain unresolved, including the future status of the Donbass and the shape of enforceable guarantees, with European leaders saying they will not pressure Zelensky to accept the U.S. plan unchanged.
- EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen pressed to leverage frozen Russian assets through a reparations‑linked loan mechanism, as several northern and Baltic leaders urged decisions at the December European Council.
- Zelensky held a private 30‑minute meeting with the Pope at Castel Gandolfo before heading to Rome to meet Meloni, as Italy prepares to send generators and weighs a 2026 arms‑aid decree, while Russia announced ‘genocide’ indictments for 41 Ukrainian officials and urged the EU to “listen to Trump.”