Ukraine's plan for peace, super flu wave hits & World Cup greed
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
Sky News
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🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
President Zelenskyy has handed a peace plan to Donald Trump. Will talks happen this weekend? Meanwhile, NATO’s secretary general Mark Rutte warns EU member states that European allies are Russia’s next target.
A new wave of flu is taking hold and we’re urged to get vaccinated against it. Plus, World Cup ticket pricing sparks debate.
Anna and Kamali have everything you need to know, in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:09.6 | Hello, you're listening to Cheat Sheet, the podcast that gets you up to date with all you need to know without the doom scrolling. |
| 0:17.5 | I'm Anna Jones. And I'm Kamali Melbourne. It is Friday, the 12th of December. Thanks for being |
| 0:21.8 | with us. This is what's happening today. Could it be a step closer to peace in Europe? Donald Trump |
| 0:28.0 | has seen President Zelensky's updated plan, but that hasn't stopped the head of NATO issuing a stark |
| 0:33.7 | warning to European leaders. We're going to bring you advice on how to tackle superflu as rates jump 55% in a week. |
| 0:41.9 | And hope may already be trashed for many football fans as the World Cup ticket prices are out and they ain't cheap. |
| 0:49.7 | Now, President Zelensky says he has given the US the Ukrainian version of this peace plan. |
| 0:54.7 | It's about 20 points, so way less than the 28, that the Russians and US had put together |
| 0:59.9 | a couple of weeks ago. It is now thought that US officials, they're not clear who, will come |
| 1:04.4 | to Europe in the next few days to discuss it. Well, the details of the proposal aren't fully |
| 1:08.9 | reported, but we understand it includes a referendum for Ukrainians on any land given to the Russians, and they're talking about what's being turned a free economic zone in the area of the Dombas in the east of Ukraine that is still being fought over. |
| 1:21.4 | Yeah, and this comes as the head of NATO, has warned member states that they are Russia's next target following its invasion of Ukraine. |
| 1:29.4 | I mean, they were dramatic words these, weren't they? |
| 1:31.7 | From the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutter, who claimed that Moscow could be ready to use force against the military alliance within five years. |
| 1:40.6 | Russia has brought war back into Europe. |
| 1:43.6 | And we must be prepared for the scale of war |
| 1:46.0 | our grandparents and great-grandparents endured. He's also called for a rapid increase of |
| 1:52.3 | defence spending to prevent a war. Meanwhile here, the Prime Minister is hosting another European |
| 1:57.3 | leader later on. He's going to bring the Belgian Prime Minister into Downing Street. |
| 2:01.6 | And it's a pretty vital conversation, isn't it? This is Bart DeVeyva, who is currently holding |
| 2:07.0 | up the release of €210 billion of frozen Russian assets, which are held in Belgium. |
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