European talks reshape Ukraine’s peace plan as Zelenskyy refuses territorial concessions
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Kyiv is nearly ready to present a refined peace plan to the United States after days of talks with European partners, even as...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Kyiv is nearly ready to present a refined peace plan to the United States after days of talks with European partners, even as he maintains that Ukraine cannot give up any territory to Russia. Zelenskyy said he reviewed the results of negotiations held in London with European national security advisors and that Ukraine and its European partners had further developed their components of potential steps toward ending the war. He said Kyiv is prepared to share the updated documents with Washington and is in "constant contact" with the United States as the process moves forward. "We are working very actively on all components of potential steps toward ending the war," Zelenskyy posted on X. "The Ukrainian and European components are now more developed, and we are ready to present them to our partners in the U.S. Together with the American side, we expect to swiftly make the potential steps as doable as possible." "We are committed to a real peace and remain in constant contact with the United States," he wrote. "And, as our partners in the negotiating teams rightly note, everything depends on whether Russia is ready to take effective steps to stop the bloodshed and prevent the war from reigniting. In the near future, we will be ready to send the refined documents to the United States." The update came one day after Zelenskyy insisted his country cannot cede territory to Russia, complicating earlier peace proposals. "Under our laws, under international law — and under moral law — we have no right to give anything away," Zelenskyy told reporters Monday, per The Washington Post. "That is what we are fighting for." Zelenskyy on Tuesday is in Brussels to meet with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, after meeting in London with British, French and German leaders. The Ukrainian leader is under growing pressure from the U.S. to accept a framework to end the war after…