Overview
- Zelensky said Ukraine needs a stable European commitment for the next two to three years to sustain its defense and reconstruction.
- He tied the request to proposals to tap roughly €210 billion in frozen Russian assets, with EU leaders tasking the Commission to present options for discussion at a December summit in Brussels.
- The Ukrainian president reported about 200 Russian troops inside Pokrovsk and called the city Russia’s primary target, describing fierce fighting in and around the town.
- Russia claimed the capture of three southeastern villages and continued to prioritize Donetsk, while some Russian bloggers disputed assertions of large encirclements near Pokrovsk.
- Kyiv signaled readiness for talks in any country except Russia and Belarus without ceding territory, and Zelensky urged tougher U.S. sanctions as well as pressure on China to reduce purchases of Russian hydrocarbons.