Overview
- Zelensky met UK, French and German leaders in London, consulted EU and NATO chiefs in Brussels, and will see Italy’s Giorgia Meloni in Rome after she urged transatlantic unity.
- E3 participants said they are refining the U.S. draft with European contributions in coordination with Kyiv, and the UK pledged not to press Ukraine to accept the plan as written.
- The toughest issues remain the Donbass and security guarantees, with Zelensky noting no shared view on the region and insisting Ukraine has no legal or moral right to cede territory.
- Brussels signaled support for using frozen Russian assets and a new repair loan to fund Kyiv, with decisions expected to be taken up at the December 18 European Council.
- Moscow escalated pressure by indicting 41 Ukrainian political and military figures for alleged genocide since 2014 and adding them to a wanted list, a move that excludes Zelensky.