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The British Prime Minister, German Chancellor, and French President spoke by phone with Donald Trump on Wednesday to discuss ways to achieve peace in Ukraine.
❗️Today's schedule includes a discussion with the American side on a document that will outline Ukraine’s post-war recovery and economic development, President Zelenskyy said.
"In parallel, we are finalizing the 20 points of a fundamental document that could define the parameters for ending the war. We expect to hand it over to the United States in the near future," the president noted.
Zelenskyy also announced a meeting of the "coalition of the willing" on Thursday, December 11.
"This week there may be news for all of us and for ending the bloodshed," he added.
European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos has arrived in Ukraine, the European Commission reports.
In Lviv, Kos will meet with civil society representatives to discuss reforms and Ukraine’s EU accession process. She will then hold talks with Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka.
🇨🇿🇺🇦 The President of the Czech Republic called on the country’s new government not to stop supporting Ukraine.
etr Pavel said that even from a pragmatic point of view, “it makes no sense to stop supporting Ukraine now.”
Russia will respond to the “expropriation” of frozen assets or the deployment of European troops “on” Ukrainian territory, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said.
Other statements from Lavrov’s recent speech:
▫️ Russia has no intention of going to war with Europe.
▫️ The US proposals delivered by Whitkoff emphasize the need to protect the rights of ethnic minorities and religious freedoms in Ukraine.
▫️ The only Western leader concerned with human rights is Donald Trump.
▫️ Trump is the only Western leader who has begun to understand the “root causes” of the situation in Ukraine.
🤬 Russia has legalized the mass expropriation of housing in the occupied territories.
The Center for Countering Disinformation reports that a new law allows occupation authorities to declare housing “no man’s land” and hand it over to new users. This mechanism will work until 2030.
The document contains no clear criteria. It puts at risk both those who fled the war and those who remain in their homes.
Apartments and houses will be transferred to Russian military personnel, security forces, and officials brought into the region.
The head of the Belgian depository Euroclear, Valerie Urbain, told Corriere della Sera that using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine could be illegal and effectively amount to seizure.
According to her, such a step would undermine trust in Europe and raise borrowing costs for all EU countries. She warned that confidence in European markets — and interest in European assets — would decline. Urbain said she had sent a letter outlining these concerns to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever also stated that Belgium may take “legal measures” if the EU proceeds with seizing Russian assets held in Euroclear. He stressed that any decision must protect Belgium’s financial security and minimize risks for the state.
Talks with the European Commission continue, as Belgium seeks to ensure that any proposal meets what De Wever called “rational, reasonable and justified” conditions.
🇫🇷 France has delivered 40 Colossus firefighting robots to Ukrainian rescue teams—the same model that proved its effectiveness during the Notre Dame Cathedral fire in Paris.
The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution on the Chornobyl disaster.
Ninety-seven countries supported the document. It updates the English spelling of “Chornobyl” to match the Ukrainian transliteration used in UN materials, including in the name of the International Remembrance Day on April 26.
The resolution outlines the long-term consequences of the accident and stresses the need to support affected regions.
Oil giant Shell has terminated its latest partnership agreement with Rosneft, Bloomberg reports.
The deal concerned the companies’ joint stake in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which transports Kazakh oil to the Black Sea. Shell intends to keep its share in the CPC but no longer wants to hold it jointly with the sanctioned Russian oil company.
Earlier this week, Putin allowed Rosneft and Shell to conduct transactions with their joint venture, without explaining the reason.
According to Shell’s website, the company’s total stake in the CPC is 7.4%. This includes 3.75% through the joint venture with Rosneft, 1.75% directly, and 2% through its subsidiary BG Overseas Holding. Shell does not plan to leave the CPC entirely, sources told Bloomberg. Other shareholders include Rosneft and Lukoil, which is also under US blocking sanctions.
CPC transports Kazakh oil through Russia to the Black Sea. Earlier, Shell exited the Salim Petroleum Development project in Western Siberia and withdrew from Sakhalin-2 in 2022. Its losses from leaving Russian assets were estimated at $5 billion.
The “Gentleman’s Kit” of Torture: Firsthand Accounts Reveal Russia’s Brutal POW Abuse System (united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/the-gentlemans-kit-of-torture-firsthand-accounts-reveal-russias-brutal-pow-abuse-system-14165)
Suffocation with plastic bags, breaking fingers, electric shocks to the genitals, and forced self-mutilations of pro-Ukrainian tattoos are only a small part of what Russia imposes on Ukrainian POWs and captured civilians. The Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre released a report uncovering these systematic atrocities.
The Special Security Service's (SBU’s) Web special operation was the most daring in modern warfare — but it nearly collapsed, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Ukrainian intelligence ultimately destroyed 41 Russian strategic aircraft, launching 117 Kyiv-controlled drones from trucks. The damage to Russia exceeded $7 billion.
However, the mission almost failed at the start. A Russian truck driver accidentally removed the roof of his cab, exposing a hidden cargo — drones. He called Artem Timofeev, a Ukrainian longtime resident of Russia who coordinated the operation.
To save the mission, a quick cover story was invented: the cargo was allegedly “hunting cabins equipped with drones for tracking animals.” The driver sent back a photo with the roof in place, and the operation continued.