Ukraine, Zelensky and peace plan
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Ukraine’s president gave his first response to the Trump administration’s proposal, which would hand concessions to Russia.
The Ukrainian president’s options are narrowing as he is confronted with a 28-point proposal drafted by American and Russian envoys.
Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed he is agonising over "one of the most difficult moments" in Ukraine's history as it faces a deadline from Donald Trump to agree to a peace plan.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is under heavy domestic and international pressure to fire his right-hand man, head of the Ukrainian president’s office, Andriy Yermak, after a massive corruption scandal.
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Zelensky says Ukraine faces a stark choice and risks losing American support over US peace plan
The plan foresees Ukraine handing over territory to Russia — something Kyiv has repeatedly ruled out — while reducing the size of its army and blocking its coveted path to NATO membership.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to work with the US on "their vision" for ending the war with Russia. Under the widely leaked plan, Kyiv would cede significant areas of the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine that it still controls, cut the size of its army, and pledge not to join Nato - proposals it has previously ruled out.
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Zelensky’s Blind Spot
Corruption probes have on occasion targeted Zelensky’s administration, and he has often clashed with the agency behind the latest one, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). But no investigation has posed a greater threat to the president’s standing among the people of Ukraine,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the nation regarding the U.S. peace plan to end the war, saying that Ukraine is “at one of the most difficult moments” in its history.
Ukraine’s president gave his first response to the Trump administration’s proposal, which would hand concessions to Russia.
An anti-Zelensky political coalition is coalescing as the president’s allies are accused of enriching themselves while the country’s soldiers die on the battlefield.
US President Donald Trump has given Ukraine less than a week to accept his plan – widely seen as favoring Russia – to end the war, as President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country faced “one of the most difficult moments” in its history.