Overview
- France, the UK and Germany issued a joint statement supporting a durable peace for Ukraine underpinned by reliable security guarantees and tasked military chiefs to accelerate planning with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- The statement condemned fresh Russian strikes on civilian targets, reaffirmed that borders cannot be changed by force, urged swift decisions on long-term financing including frozen Russian sovereign assets, and said NATO‑related issues will be handled with full European involvement.
- Emmanuel Macron said Russia shows no willingness to declare a ceasefire or discuss the updated plan, citing recent comments by Sergey Lavrov.
- U.S. and Ukrainian teams in Geneva produced an updated framework that both sides say fully supports Ukraine’s sovereignty, with media reporting a shift from 28 to 19 points and the removal of proposed force limits and war‑crimes amnesty.
- Bloomberg published a transcript of an Oct. 14 call in which U.S. envoy Steve Vitkoff advised Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov on presenting proposals to President Trump and referenced possible territorial elements, while Dmitry Peskov said Moscow has not received any updated plan.