December 2, 2025

Ukraine

NBC -  President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was rallying European support in Paris, though he cautioned that some "tough issues" still have to be worked out with Washington.

It could be a pivotal week for diplomacy, said Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign affairs chief. "It is clear that Russia does not want peace, and therefore we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible in order then to be ready to stand up for themselves in this very, very difficult time," Kallas told reporters Monday.

Putin signaled last week that he was ready to have a "serious" conversation after Kyiv and its allies demanded changes to the peace plan, but he has shown little sign of stepping away from hard-line demands that formed the basis of the original 28-point proposal backed by Trump. MORE

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