Overview
- President Trump told Reuters he believes Vladimir Putin is more ready to make a deal than Ukraine and named Zelenskyy when asked why negotiations have not ended the war.
- The Kremlin said dialogue with the United States is ongoing and expressed hope to host envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner soon, with no date set after their December visit to Moscow.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov asserted that Ukraine’s room for decisions is shrinking, linking his assessment to repeated Russian strikes on energy infrastructure.
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk rejected Trump’s accusation and said Russia rebuffed the U.S.-crafted plan and responded with further missile attacks on Ukrainian cities.
- Zelenskyy has said Kyiv, the United States, and European partners back a revised 20-point plan to end the war, which Moscow has so far declined to accept.