US EditionUkraine presents response to US peace plan as Trump says European leaders want a meeting
The updated peace proposal includes a 20-point draft with territorial concessions Ukraine may accept, amid intensified diplomatic efforts and US pressure for a swift resolution.
- On Thursday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Ukraine delivered an updated response to the latest US-drafted peace proposal to the Trump administration on Wednesday.
- In recent weeks, European leaders have worked closely with Ukraine to narrow a US-drafted 28-point draft into a 20-point draft after consultations in Moscow and Kyiv.
- The updated draft calls for security guarantees under NATO's Article 5, proposes European Union membership by 2027, and raises the personnel cap of Ukraine's military to 800,000 from 600,000 in the 28-point document.
- President Donald Trump expressed impatience with Kyiv, using `strong words` and saying `We don't want to be wasting time`, while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said territorial concessions must be decided by the Ukrainian president and people.
- Diplomatic activity has sharply accelerated in recent weeks, producing fragile negotiations that could be derailed by land concessions or formal US recognition of Russian-occupied territory, reversing longstanding US policy on territorial integrity.
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Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer met on Wednesday with the American president, who was impatient, saying that he had "strong enough words" during the interview, and warning that his country did not want to "lost [its] time."
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump has received a new proposal outlining territorial concessions that Ukraine might be willing to consider to end the Russian occupation, the Kyiv Post reports. Merz said the document was delivered after he and other European leaders held a phone call with Trump on Wednesday, the Telegraph reports. "It mainly concerns the question of what territorial concessions Ukrain…
Ukraine has sent the peace plan with its wishes to the United States – and, according to Chancellor Merz, indicates a willingness to compromise. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, meanwhile, demands that Moscow also receive security guarantees after the end of the war. More in the live ticker.
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