Overview
- After their Mar-a-Lago meeting, both presidents reported significant progress on a multilateral peace framework, with Trump calling the talks near final but noting difficult unresolved items.
- President Emmanuel Macron announced a Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris in early January to finalize each country's role in security guarantees for Ukraine.
- Berlin said any settlement requires Russia’s consent, Estonia warned Moscow has shown no readiness for a just peace, and ISW assessed the Kremlin is overstating battlefield gains to influence perceptions.
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 89 clashes by 16:00 today with heavy pressure on the Pokrovsk axis; Ukrainian forces rejected Russian claims of capturing Rodynske, saying fighting continues.
- Zelensky reported over 2,100 strike drones, about 800 guided bombs and 94 missiles used against Ukraine in a week, as regional authorities detailed civilian casualties and damage in Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv and Sumy; the IAEA noted a local pause to repair Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant power lines.