During a Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, European and Ukrainian officials including Jean-Noël Barrot, David van Weel, Oana Toiu, and Kaja Kallas strongly criticized a US peace plan demanding Ukraine cede territories and halve its military.Kaja Kallas emphasized that peace requires involvement from both Europeans and Ukrainians and warned that Russia, not Ukraine, should face pressure to accept any terms.Discussions also covered using immobilized Russian Central Bank assets to issue a zero-interest reparations loan to Ukraine, with final decision expected from EU leaders by the end of December.