{"id":2201733,"date":"2026-10-16T06:27:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2201733"},"modified":"2026-10-16T06:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:27:41","slug":"ukraines-zelenskyy-turns-to-brussels-as-us-support-falters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2201733","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine&#8217;s Zelenskyy turns to Brussels as US support falters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/95\/42\/37\/1200x675_cmsv2_ad589ecb-bd6e-52b2-8147-fd4be5bc0009-9954237.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2934141-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1\" data-nid=\"2934141\" data-cid=\"9954447\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2934141-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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Europe News<\/p>\n<p>                          Europe Today<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Ukraine&#8217;s Zelenskyy turns to Brussels as US support falters<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/95\/42\/37\/1536x864_cmsv2_ad589ecb-bd6e-52b2-8147-fd4be5bc0009-9954237.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Volodymyr ZELENSKYY (President of Ukraine), Ant\u00f3nio COSTA (President of the European Council)\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Volodymyr ZELENSKYY (President of Ukraine), Ant\u00f3nio COSTA (President of the European Council)<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Alexandros MICHAILIDIS\/Alexandros MICHAILIDIS<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Alexandros MICHAILIDIS\/Alexandros MICHAILIDIS\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspMared Gwyn Jones&amp;nbsp&amp;&amp;nbspAngela Skujins\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1792132061\">\n                    Published on                 <time datetime=\"2026-10-16 08:27:41 +02:00\">16\/10\/2026 &#8211; 8:27 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I\u2019m Mared Gwyn. Let\u2019s dive in.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p><strong>Zelenskyy\u2019s plea:<\/strong> After a bruising week that has seen tensions between the Ukrainian leader and US President Donald Trump boil over once more, Zelenskyy is aiming to shore up further military assistance, strengthen Ukraine&#8217;s air defences and protect its energy infrastructure as he joins EU leaders for talks.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with our correspondent <strong>Sasha Vakulina<\/strong> ahead of the summit, Zelenskyy&#8217;s deputy chief of staff <strong>Ihor Zhovkva<\/strong><strong>called for<\/strong>the development of European alternatives to US anti-ballistic missile defence capabilities and Starlink satellite communications, both of which have been undermined by uncertainty over continued US support. <strong>Watch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy&#8217;s participation in the summit is expected to be brief, with the Ukrainian President due to leave Brussels around lunchtime, Sasha reports. He will start the day with his first formal bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister P\u00e9ter Magyar, as Kyiv and Budapest seek to <strong>reset relations<\/strong> after years of diplomatic disputes that have repeatedly complicated Ukraine&#8217;s EU accession process. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Financing needs:<\/strong> Leaders are later expected to hold an initial discussion on Ukraine\u2019s financing gap for 2027, which the government in Kyiv estimates at $78 billion. An EU diplomat said that the bloc will be expected to fork up \u201ctens of billions\u201d from that figure. But tighter public spending and waning voter support for further aid make plugging the gap increasingly difficult.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eyes on the assets:<\/strong> That\u2019s partly why the prospect of channelling Russian state assets immobilised in EU countries as a loan to Ukraine is being revived, with several EU diplomats saying they believe the option should be firmly back on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Reports emerged yesterday that US negotiators had last week pressured European counterparts to release the immobilised assets \u2013 which total \u20ac210 billion \u2013 into a financial vehicle to be controlled by Washington, to be used to unlock stalled peace talks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Nein\u2019:<\/strong> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz last night firmly rejected the American proposal. \u201cThis is our business and we are deciding over \u2060it,\u201d Merz told reporters. <\/p>\n<p>Belgium, where the bulk of the assets are held, is still seen as the main holdout, citing legal and financial risks. <\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister <strong>Bart de Wever<\/strong> is understood to have discussed Ukraine\u2019s financing needs in a bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy last night. But the Belgian premier has remained tight-lipped about his position on reviving the assets debate, saying instead that he had a \u201cclear idea\u201d of how Kyiv\u2019s needs could be covered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Budget battle deepens:<\/strong> If you missed yesterday\u2019s marathon summit talks, <strong>Jorge Liboreiro<\/strong> has you covered with his <strong>key takeaways<\/strong>. EU leaders failed to reconcile their differences over the EU\u2019s next seven-year budget, casting major doubts over whether a deal can be sealed by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not reaching an agreement this month. Not next month. I don\u2019t know even if it\u2019s possible to reach an agreement before the end of the year,&#8221; Sweden&#8217;s caretaker Prime Minister <strong>Ulf Kristersson<\/strong> said. &#8220;I think we are not in a hurry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa has been leading efforts to close negotiations by the end of this year, to avoid talks from being derailed by pivotal elections happening in major EU economies in the spring, particularly in France, where the National Rally\u2019s Marine Le Pen is topping the polls. Le Pen has already threatened to drastically cut France\u2019s contribution into the budget.<\/p>\n<p>Costa is now expected to take the lead on the negotiations and present a fresh negotiating proposal in a few weeks, which is bound to follow a completely different logic from the Irish one tabled last week. EU leaders have been called in for a special summit on 26 November.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to our correspondent <strong>Shona Murray<\/strong> earlier, Ireland\u2019s EU affairs minister <strong>Thomas Byrne<\/strong> insisted that the Irish proposal \u2013 known as the \u201cnegobox\u201d \u2013 had been helpful. \u201cOur assignment was to find a basis for a negotiation. I think we\u2019ve actually done that,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhat we&#8217;re hearing for member states is, by and large, we\u2019ve gone in the right direction.\u201d <strong>Watch<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Energy fallout:<\/strong> Also last night, a plan by the four Visegrad countries \u2014 Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland \u2014 backed by Italy and Greece to delay the next Emissions Trading System (ETS2) until 2030 hit a wall after hours of talks, our reporter <strong>Marta Pacheco<\/strong> writes this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Diplomats said Council President <strong>Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/strong> couldn\u2019t come up with a compromise due to the complexity of the file (as well as technical issues with printers!). But in the end, the six countries managed to include an impact assessment in the official summit conclusions urging the European Commission to do more to address rising electricity prices.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Germany pressures Croatia to resolve bilateral disputes with Montenegro over EU accession<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Berlin has asked Croatia to constructively resolve the bilateral disputes that threaten to derail the accession of the EU\u2019s most advanced candidate, Montenero, four officials with direct knowledge of the matter told Euronews\u2019 <strong>Luca Bertuzzi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Zagreb circulated an <strong>eight-point list<\/strong> of grievances that it wants resolved before Podgorica can finalise its accession bid. Behind the scenes, Berlin has been manoeuvring to ensure that enlargement does not lose momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Berlin also recently offered to mediate, but the offer has not been put into practice. The government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz is positioning itself as an honest broker, fearing that unresolved bilateral problems could jeopardise the enlargement process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are issues which we have signalled to our Montenegrin neighbours for years,\u201d Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 told reporters ahead of the European Council summit in Brussels on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Luca has the <strong>full story.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>More from our newsrooms<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Russia detains citizens as Moscow eyes future prisoner swap.<\/strong> Moscow\u2019s federal security agency arrested two individuals \u2013 one on terrorism charges and the other on espionage charges \u2013 days after former president Dmitry Medvedev stated that Russia may need to \u201cfill up the exchange pool with European and American idiots\u201d to recover nationals abroad. <strong>Serguei Doubine<\/strong> and <strong>Euronews Russian<\/strong><strong>have the details<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Albanian PM condemns &#8216;chaos&#8217; as violent protests enter third day<\/strong>. Protesters and police clashed in Albania&#8217;s capital Tirana on Thursday for the third consecutive day over public anger regarding alleged government corruption and reforms. Prime Minister Edi Rama condemned the &#8220;chaos&#8221; following the violent demonstrations, which have damaged government buildings. <strong>Greta Ruffin<\/strong><strong>has more<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tears, hugs and continued fight for housing: Madrid&#8217;s Puerta del Sol after two weeks.<\/strong> After more than two weeks of camping in Puerta del Sol, demonstrators are battling exhaustion and the challenges of living outdoors, while solidarity keeps the protest \u2013 regarding affordable housing \u2013 alive, and Madrid&#8217;s regional government continues to call for their eviction. Christina Thykjaer has a <strong>report<\/strong> from inside the camp.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>We&#8217;re also keeping an eye on<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Our attention is fully on the final day of the European Council summit today. Here\u2019s how the final day is expected to roll out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 27 heads of state will arrive at the European Council building in the Belgian capital at 8.30 CET for their meeting to kick off at 10.00 CET.<\/li>\n<li>Leaders will discuss Ukraine, with President <strong>Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> to give an update on the battlefield situation. The 27 will also address European security and defence, with hybrid threats expected to occupy much of the spotlight, and migration will be discussed over lunch.<\/li>\n<li>European Council President <strong>Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/strong> and Commission President <strong>Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong> are expected to deliver a press conference from the summit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>That\u2019s it for today. Angela Skujins, Jorge Liboreiro, Marta Pacheco, Peggy Corlin and Sasha Vakulina contributed to this newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  EU summit: Sanctions won&#8217;t ease until Russia 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But tighter public spending and waning voter support for further aid make plugging the gap increasingly difficult.Eyes on the assets: That\u2019s partly why the prospect of channelling Russian state assets immobilised in EU countries as a loan to Ukraine is being revived, with several EU diplomats saying they believe the option should be firmly back on the table.Reports emerged yesterday that US negotiators had last week pressured European counterparts to release the immobilised assets \u2013 which total \u20ac210 billion \u2013 into a financial vehicle to be controlled by Washington, to be used to unlock stalled peace talks.\u2018Nein\u2019: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz last night firmly rejected the American proposal. \u201cThis is our business and we are deciding over \u2060it,\u201d Merz told reporters.\u00a0Belgium, where the bulk of the assets are held, is still seen as the main holdout, citing legal and financial risks.\u00a0Prime Minister Bart de Wever is understood to have discussed Ukraine\u2019s financing needs in a bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy last night. But the Belgian premier has remained tight-lipped about his position on reviving the assets debate, saying instead that he had a \u201cclear idea\u201d of how Kyiv\u2019s needs could be covered.Budget battle deepens: If you missed yesterday\u2019s marathon summit talks, Jorge Liboreiro has you covered with his key takeaways. EU leaders failed to reconcile their differences over the EU\u2019s next seven-year budget, casting major doubts over whether a deal can be sealed by the end of the year.&#8221;We are not reaching an agreement this month. Not next month. I don\u2019t know even if it\u2019s possible to reach an agreement before the end of the year,&#8221; Sweden&#8217;s caretaker Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said. &#8220;I think we are not in a hurry.&#8221;European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa has been leading efforts to close negotiations by the end of this year, to avoid talks from being derailed by pivotal elections happening in major EU economies in the spring, particularly in France, where the National Rally\u2019s Marine Le Pen is topping the polls. Le Pen has already threatened to drastically cut France\u2019s contribution into the budget.Costa is now expected to take the lead on the negotiations and present a fresh negotiating proposal in a few weeks, which is bound to follow a completely different logic from the Irish one tabled last week. EU leaders have been called in for a special summit on 26 November.Speaking to our correspondent Shona Murray earlier, Ireland\u2019s EU affairs minister Thomas Byrne insisted that the Irish proposal \u2013 known as the \u201cnegobox\u201d \u2013 had been helpful. \u201cOur assignment was to find a basis for a negotiation. I think we\u2019ve actually done that,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhat we&#8217;re hearing for member states is, by and large, we\u2019ve gone in the right direction.\u201d Watch.Energy fallout: Also last night, a plan by the four Visegrad countries \u2014 Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland \u2014 backed by Italy and Greece to delay the next Emissions Trading System (ETS2) until 2030 hit a wall after hours of talks, our reporter Marta Pacheco writes this morning.Diplomats said Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa couldn\u2019t come up with a compromise due to the complexity of the file (as well as technical issues with printers!). But in the end, the six countries managed to include an impact assessment in the official summit conclusions urging the European Commission to do more to address rising electricity prices.Germany pressures Croatia to resolve bilateral disputes with Montenegro over EU accessionBerlin has asked Croatia to constructively resolve the bilateral disputes that threaten to derail the accession of the EU\u2019s most advanced candidate, Montenero, four officials with direct knowledge of the matter told Euronews\u2019 Luca Bertuzzi.Earlier this week, Zagreb circulated an eight-point list of grievances that it wants resolved before Podgorica can finalise its accession bid. Behind the scenes, Berlin has been manoeuvring to ensure that enlargement does not lose momentum.Berlin also recently offered to mediate, but the offer has not been put into practice. The government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz is positioning itself as an honest broker, fearing that unresolved bilateral problems could jeopardise the enlargement process.\u201cThere are issues which we have signalled to our Montenegrin neighbours for years,\u201d Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 told reporters ahead of the European Council summit in Brussels on Thursday.Luca has the full story.More from our newsroomsRussia detains citizens as Moscow eyes future prisoner swap. Moscow\u2019s federal security agency arrested two individuals \u2013 one on terrorism charges and the other on espionage charges \u2013 days after former president Dmitry Medvedev stated that Russia may need to \u201cfill up the exchange pool with European and American idiots\u201d to recover nationals abroad. Serguei Doubine and Euronews Russian have the details.Albanian PM condemns &#8216;chaos&#8217; as violent protests enter third day. Protesters and police clashed in Albania&#8217;s capital Tirana on Thursday for the third consecutive day over public anger regarding alleged government corruption and reforms. Prime Minister Edi Rama condemned the &#8220;chaos&#8221; following the violent demonstrations, which have damaged government buildings. Greta Ruffin has more.Tears, hugs and continued fight for housing: Madrid&#8217;s Puerta del Sol after two weeks. After more than two weeks of camping in Puerta del Sol, demonstrators are battling exhaustion and the challenges of living outdoors, while solidarity keeps the protest \u2013 regarding affordable housing \u2013 alive, and Madrid&#8217;s regional government continues to call for their eviction. Christina Thykjaer has a report from inside the camp.We&#8217;re also keeping an eye onOur attention is fully on the final day of the European Council summit today. Here\u2019s how the final day is expected to roll out:The 27 heads of state will arrive at the European Council building in the Belgian capital at 8.30 CET for their meeting to kick off at 10.00 CET.\u00a0\u00a0Leaders will discuss Ukraine, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to give an update on the battlefield situation. The 27 will also address European security and defence, with hybrid threats expected to occupy much of the spotlight, and migration will be discussed over lunch.\u00a0European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to deliver a press conference from the summit.That\u2019s it for today. 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