Overview
- Leaders from Germany, the UK and France joined a hastily arranged video meeting of the pro‑Ukraine Coalition of the Willing to coordinate next steps in the negotiations.
- Kyiv has delivered an updated counterproposal to Washington and is shaping a 20‑point framework alongside separate documents on security guarantees and reconstruction, with Zelensky also conferring on recovery financing with Jared Kushner, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and BlackRock’s Larry Fink.
- Trump said Zelensky “has to be realistic” about a plan that would cede Ukrainian territory to Russia, even as European leaders warned the talks are at a critical moment.
- The Kiel Institute reports €32.5 billion in new aid was allocated to Ukraine from January to October, well below the 2022–24 annual average of roughly €41.6 billion after the U.S. paused direct bilateral assistance and routed supplies via NATO.
- Moscow rejected an energy truce and renewed its demand for Ukrainian elections while saying it sent new ideas on collective security to Washington, as a major Ukrainian drone attack disrupted flights at Moscow’s airports and Russia claimed to down 287 drones.