A week of talks: security guarantees round today as Zelensky demands "cast-iron" guarantees

Ukraine, the United States, Britain, France, Germany and NATO are holding a round of talks today on post-war security guarantees, Ukrainian official Rustem Umerov said, according to the Kyiv Post. A day earlier in Brussels, representatives of the same countries, the EU and the World Bank discussed reconstruction, and Umerov said work is under way on a "Prosperity Plan".

After a 90-minute call with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Volodymyr Zelensky said post-war guarantees "must be truly cast-iron" and asked for more Patriot interceptors. Zelensky is in Madrid for the Ibero-American summit and meets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez today.

A humanitarian channel in Washington

The White House is hosting Ukrainian and Russian representatives today for talks on a humanitarian initiative. According to Melania Trump, nearly 800 people were evacuated during a six-day humanitarian ceasefire in occupied Oleshky. Zelensky awarded her the Order of Princess Olga, First Class, by a decree dated November 2.

Update, November 5 evening

At the Ibero-American summit Zelensky asked for transformers, cables and generators, and discussed joint weapons production with Portugal's president. Talks in Brussels continued for a second day at NATO headquarters. More in Zelensky asks for transformers.