Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said about 90% of the plan is agreed, while President Donald Trump described talks as nearing completion with possible outcomes in weeks, though territorial terms and the plant’s governance remain unresolved.
- Trump said Vladimir Putin has not agreed to a ceasefire and that he discussed the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s potential operation directly with the Russian leader.
- European leaders joined a joint call that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called good progress, as France’s Emmanuel Macron announced an early‑January Paris meeting of the Coalition of the Willing to finalize security guarantees and Poland underscored its pivotal role.
- Combat remains heavy: Ukraine’s General Staff reported 209 engagements in the last day, including 52 assaults toward Pokrovsk, while ISW assessed that Russian forces operate on less than half of Myrnohrad and are overstating battlefield gains.
- Russian strikes continue to batter infrastructure, with Zelensky citing roughly 2,100 attack drones, 94 missiles and about 800 guided bombs used this week, prompting Ukrenergo to maintain rolling power cuts; Ukraine reported a hit on Russia’s Syzran oil refinery and Lithuania issued a protest over mass attacks on Kyiv.