Links to eight reports: from Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Inependent, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, the Moscow Times, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Scroll down for UKRAINE 12-7-25 — and up or down for GAZA, SYRIA, WEST BANK and MEDIA.) — MCM

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No agreement on Donbas in U.S. talks yet, Zelensky says, by Korbinian Leo Kramer | Kyiv Post  Kyiv and Washington have yet to reach an agreement on the future of eastern Ukrainian territories amid ongoing U.S.-led peace talks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview published today in Bloomberg News. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.

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Zelenskyy in London for talks with European allies on peace plan and security, by Jill Lawless and Illia Novikov | AP  LONDON — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was meeting the French, German and British leaders in London today as Kyiv’s European allies try to strengthen Ukraine’s hand in thorny talks on a U.S.-backed plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE and HERE for reports from NPR and Kyiv Post.

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Expert weighs in on how U.S. relations with Europe are changing. Reported by Leila Fadel of NPR  How is the U.S. reshaping relations with longtime allies in Europe? Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, gives her perspective. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Court in occupied Donetsk jails Russian soldiers in killing of American fighter. From the Moscow Times. A judge in the occupied Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine today sentenced four Russian soldiers to prison for the torture and killing of Richard Bentley, an American man who had fought alongside pro-Moscow forces. READ MORE . . .

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France does not want to expropriate Russian assets held in its private banks — FT. From Tass. LONDON — France, which supported the provision of a reparations loan to Ukraine, refused to include in it funds frozen in the republic’s private banks, the Financial Times newspaper wrote, citing sources. READ MORE . . .

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