Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says ready for honest work after Trump ‘approves peace deal with Moscow’
Volodymyr Zelensky said after talks with a top US armyofficial he was ready for “honest” work with Washington on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, while European allies pushed back against punishing concessions to Russia.
Zelensky, whose office said he had received a draft of the plan, said after meeting US army secretary Daniel Driscoll in Kyiv that Ukraine and Washington would work together on elements of it.
“Our teams – Ukraine and the USA – will work on the points of the plan to end the war,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram. “We are ready for constructive, honest and prompt work.”
According to the US-backed plan, Kyiv would be required to give up the entire Donbas region and significantly downsize its military, conditions long seen by Ukraine’s allies as tantamount to capitulation.
The plan says Ukraine would have to limit its army to 600,000 troops and that it would “receive robust security guarantees,” without providing further details.
It makes several concessions to Russia, including that Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk will be recognised as de facto Russian by the United States and that Ukrainian forces will withdraw from part of the Donetsk region that they control.
