Trump said it will be clear “in a few weeks” whether negotiations to end the war will succeed. Zelenskyy said an agreement on security guarantees for Ukraine has been reached. The head of the EU commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, was on a call with European leaders and Trump and Zelenskyy. She stressed that more important than anything else would be “ironclad security guarantees from day one” for Ukraine. They underlined the importance of robust security guarantees and reaffirmed the urgency of ending this barbaric war as soon as possible.

Source: The Guardian December 30, 2025 10:36 UTC