European Security

President Trump has pressed Kyiv to accept a U.S.-authored 20‑point peace proposal — dispatching envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff and setting a Christmas deadline — as Zelenskyy and European leaders (Macron, Starmer, Merz) haggle over thorny issues like control of the Donbas and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant while Kyiv insists it will not cede territory and seeks legally binding, Congress‑backed security guarantees. Ukraine delivered a point‑by‑point response and is refining counterproposals as senior officials meet in Berlin, London and Paris, and the White House timetable has split Capitol Hill, drawing both criticism and support amid talk of multinational enforcement if a ceasefire is clinched.