Zelensky didn't reveal much detail about an updated plan, although he said there needed to be more investment for drones.

Certainly, the latest rounds of American bargaining and pressure on Ukraine are the most substantial yet. “This isn’t another round of what we saw before,” says a Western diplomat in Kyiv. Those close to the talks speak of “serious progress” bringing some Ukrainian and Russian positions together.

Ukraine’s chief negotiator, in an exclusive interview, says conceding sovereign territory is off-limits in peace talks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a US plan to end the war in Ukraine could “form the basis for future agreements” but renewed threats to seize more territory by force unless Kyiv withdraws.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday, Macron's office said, as the Ukrainian leader finds himself in the most difficult political and military situation since Russia's invasion in 2022.

The majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, as the U.S. tries to broker a deal between the two countries.

As Washington emptied out for Thanksgiving, Dan Driscoll was jetting across Europe and the Middle East, suddenly thrust into the centre of the most consequential diplomatic negotiations of Donald Trump’s presidency — a surprising place to find the boyish civilian boss of the US Army.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's powerful chief of staff Andriy Yermak, a close ally who has headed Ukraine's negotiation team at fraught U.S.-backed peace talks, quit on Friday, hours after anti-corruption agents searched his home.