Mahfuz Ul Hasib Chowdhury: On 7 December 2025, US President Donald Trump expressed disappointment that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had not engaged with a US proposal to end the war with Russia, following days of talks that ended without a breakthrough, although Kyiv pledged to pursue further negotiations.
Donald Trump was critical of Zelensky after US and Ukrainian negotiators completed three days of talks on 5 December 2025 aimed at trying to narrow down dichotomies on the US administration’s proposal. But in an exchange with reporters next evening, Donald Trump suggested that the Ukrainian leader is holding back the talks from moving forward.
Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t publicly expressed approval for the White House plan. In fact, Putin last week had said that aspects of Trump’s proposal were unworkable, even though the original draft heavily favoured Moscow. Vladimir Putin holds a masterful grip on the diplomatic knowhow regarding the way the White House and the European Union Headquarters is to be taken care of.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte, President of the European Council, António Costa, and President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, are set to meet with Zelensky at Rutte’s official residence in Brussels, NATO said.
Then on Tuesday evening, Zelensky is expected in Rome, according to the city’s municipality. He will meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni tomorrow afternoon, the country’s government said. On the other hand, Washington DC has said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is failing to comply with US suggestions over the war with Russia.
Turning now to the battlefield in Ukraine, where at least ten civilians were killed, and 38 people were injured in Russian attacks over the past 24 hours, according to official calculations.
The region with the most victims was Kharkiv in the northeast, where five people were killed, and 11 people were injured, according to Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv region military administration.
Monday’s meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders took place in the next few hours in London.
In the meantime, let’s take a look at the key diplomatic developments we’ve been reporting in the last 24 hours, following talks between Ukrainian and US officials over the weekend.
Three days of talks between Ukraine and the US came to an end on Saturday, with Ukrainian Ambassador to the US Olga Stefanishyna saying the main challenges remain questions of territorial integrity and sovereign guarantees.
One thing is clearing up all clouds of suspicion and hypothesis–Zelensky will be heading for suicidal blunders if he gets too inclined towards his EU buddies and moves away from advice prescribed by the Oval Office in the United States. With an impending global recession looming large, European countries like Britain, France, Germany and Poland want the Russia-Ukraine War to be elongated to facilitate quick sales of weapons to Kiev. If Ukraine gets gobbled up by Russia, the adjacent countries have to brace for similar military invasions dictated by Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump, since walking in the Oval Office at the beginning of 2025, has frequently asked Ukraine to sort out the disputed issues with Kremlin by negotiating but Ukraine has all the while paid more attention to the European Union (EU) corporate emporium in Brussels. Donald Trump also blamed Zelensky for the deaths of thousands of people through the uneven war with Russia. Vladmir Putin seems very calm and composed these days because the narratives from the White House have remarkably got on equal terms with Kremlin’s war stratagems.
In the meantime the Kremlin welcomed the Trump administration’s new national security strategy, which adopts an unprecedentedly hardened posture towards Europe. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov applauded the adjustments as consistent with Russia’s vision.
Volodymyr Zelensky supposedly has become oblivious of the fact that everyone just looks on and expresses grief at a safer distance when the wolf feasts upon the sheep. At the same time allowing the war to become further prolonged has all the likelihood of transforming into truth what Vladimir Putin ominously said in February 2023 about building up a “Greater Russia”. Elaborating on this formidable implication from Vladimir Putin is needless but this expansionist remark from the Russian President is too big to be missed out on. Furthermore, it appears to be a growing spectacle that the USA and European Union have started stepping away from one another and the White House and Brussels no longer share similar world views.
BBC Security Correspondent has commented very recently that the Ukraine War is now a vivid threat to the transatlantic alliance.
As Ukraine’s President held talks in Downing Street, victims of some of the latest Russian attacks on Ukraine were speaking to media professionals. Donald Trump has had a volatile relationship with Zelensky since riding into a second White House term insisting that the war was a waste of US taxpayers’ money. Donald Trump has also urged the Ukrainians to give away land to Russia to bring an end to a now nearly four-year conflict he says has cost far too many lives.These are clear signs that the White House is not much eager to keep buttressing Ukraine with war funds. Hopefully Volodymyr Zelensky has cerebral faculties sharp enough to decode the gestures coming from the US President’s office.
To conclude on a personal note, I wholeheartedly want the Russia-Ukraine War to stop right away. I have been to both these countries and their hospitality, cultural resources and historic legacy are affluent and unbound with amazing traits.
Donald Trump was critical of Zelensky after US and Ukrainian negotiators completed three days of talks on 5 December 2025 aimed at trying to narrow down dichotomies on the US administration’s proposal. But in an exchange with reporters next evening, Donald Trump suggested that the Ukrainian leader is holding back the talks from moving forward.Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t publicly expressed approval for the White House plan. In fact, Putin last week had said that aspects of Trump’s proposal were unworkable, even though the original draft heavily favoured Moscow. Vladimir Putin holds a masterful grip on the diplomatic knowhow regarding the way the White House and the European Union Headquarters is to be taken care of.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte, President of the European Council, António Costa, and President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, are set to meet with Zelensky at Rutte’s official residence in Brussels, NATO said.
Then on Tuesday evening, Zelensky is expected in Rome, according to the city’s municipality. He will meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni tomorrow afternoon, the country’s government said. On the other hand, Washington DC has said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is failing to comply with US suggestions over the war with Russia.
Turning now to the battlefield in Ukraine, where at least ten civilians were killed, and 38 people were injured in Russian attacks over the past 24 hours, according to official calculations.
The region with the most victims was Kharkiv in the northeast, where five people were killed, and 11 people were injured, according to Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv region military administration.
Monday’s meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders took place in the next few hours in London.
In the meantime, let’s take a look at the key diplomatic developments we’ve been reporting in the last 24 hours, following talks between Ukrainian and US officials over the weekend.
Three days of talks between Ukraine and the US came to an end on Saturday, with Ukrainian Ambassador to the US Olga Stefanishyna saying the main challenges remain questions of territorial integrity and sovereign guarantees.
One thing is clearing up all clouds of suspicion and hypothesis–Zelensky will be heading for suicidal blunders if he gets too inclined towards his EU buddies and moves away from advice prescribed by the Oval Office in the United States. With an impending global recession looming large, European countries like Britain, France, Germany and Poland want the Russia-Ukraine War to be elongated to facilitate quick sales of weapons to Kiev. If Ukraine gets gobbled up by Russia, the adjacent countries have to brace for similar military invasions dictated by Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump, since walking in the Oval Office at the beginning of 2025, has frequently asked Ukraine to sort out the disputed issues with Kremlin by negotiating but Ukraine has all the while paid more attention to the European Union (EU) corporate emporium in Brussels. Donald Trump also blamed Zelensky for the deaths of thousands of people through the uneven war with Russia. Vladmir Putin seems very calm and composed these days because the narratives from the White House have remarkably got on equal terms with Kremlin’s war stratagems.
In the meantime the Kremlin welcomed the Trump administration’s new national security strategy, which adopts an unprecedentedly hardened posture towards Europe. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov applauded the adjustments as consistent with Russia’s vision.
Volodymyr Zelensky supposedly has become oblivious of the fact that everyone just looks on and expresses grief at a safer distance when the wolf feasts upon the sheep. At the same time allowing the war to become further prolonged has all the likelihood of transforming into truth what Vladimir Putin ominously said in February 2023 about building up a “Greater Russia”. Elaborating on this formidable implication from Vladimir Putin is needless but this expansionist remark from the Russian President is too big to be missed out on. Furthermore, it appears to be a growing spectacle that the USA and European Union have started stepping away from one another and the White House and Brussels no longer share similar world views.
BBC Security Correspondent has commented very recently that the Ukraine War is now a vivid threat to the transatlantic alliance.
As Ukraine’s President held talks in Downing Street, victims of some of the latest Russian attacks on Ukraine were speaking to media professionals. Donald Trump has had a volatile relationship with Zelensky since riding into a second White House term insisting that the war was a waste of US taxpayers’ money. Donald Trump has also urged the Ukrainians to give away land to Russia to bring an end to a now nearly four-year conflict he says has cost far too many lives.These are clear signs that the White House is not much eager to keep buttressing Ukraine with war funds. Hopefully Volodymyr Zelensky has cerebral faculties sharp enough to decode the gestures coming from the US President’s office.
To conclude on a personal note, I wholeheartedly want the Russia-Ukraine War to stop right away. I have been to both these countries and their hospitality, cultural resources and historic legacy are affluent and unbound with amazing traits.
Mahfuz Ul Hasib Chowdhury is a contributor to different English newspapers and magazines.
