Taras Kachka, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, and European Commissioner Marta Kos have stated that the two sides have agreed on Ukraine's reform plan, confirming its readiness to join the EU.

Taras Kachka, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, is convinced that unblocking technical negotiations with the EU will allow the process to be completed faster than the European Commission requests.

The EU has announced the launch of a new format of technical talks with Ukraine that are not subject to a Hungarian veto at an informal meeting of the General Affairs Council of the European Union, the body that also handles enlargement, in the city of Lviv.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Rome, where he will have meetings with Pope Leo XIV and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been scheduled to travel from Brussels to Rome on 9 December.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Serhii Kyslytsia, First Deputy Foreign Minister, to discuss the negotiation process, with a particular focus on the United States.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said that the European Union and other partner states of Ukraine have not exhausted the tools for exerting economic pressure on Russia, and some decisions do not require unanimity.

The meeting of NATO ministers has resulted in agreements on the supply of weapons under the PURL programme worth approximately US$1 billion.

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot has said that the updated – and not yet published – European Commission plan for handing over frozen Russian assets to Ukraine is absolutely unacceptable for his country.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has stated that European NATO member states are convinced that any schemes to divide Europe, similar to the Yalta agreements after World War II, are unacceptable.

Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has announced that the government will provide a further US$500 million for the Priority Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) programme.

A senior NATO official has said that Ukrainian defence forces in Myrnohrad have been "virtually encircled" and are reliant on drones for supplies, and has stated that Russian troops control more than 95% of the city of Pokrovsk.

Ukraine, along with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, expects the US weapons procurement programme to continue in 2026.

At a press briefing before the Alliance's ministerial meeting, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that coordinated US arms purchases should bring about US$5 billion in weapon supplies for Ukraine this year and roughly US$12 billion more in 2026.