Emmanuel Macron announced plans to travel to London to join Volodymyr Zelensky, Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz for talks pressing for sustained pressure on Russia to secure a peace deal, condemning Moscow’s actions and reaffirming France’s support for Kyiv.U.S.-led talks in Florida continued, with Ukrainian and American negotiators including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner weighing possible Ukrainian territorial concessions that Kyiv and European partners oppose, while EU governments debated raising about €90 billion for 2026 and 2027, possibly by borrowing or by using frozen Russian assets held in Belgium.Russian forces continued strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and the
IAEA said widespread overnight activity affected the electricity grid and forced the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to reduce output, citing Director General
Rafael Mariano Grossi.