Ukraine prepares new peace plan as Zelensky rules out giving up territory
Ukraine prepares new peace plan as Zelensky rules out giving up territory
Ukraine is preparing to present a revised peace plan to the White House, as it seeks to avoid making territorial concessions to Russia.
Kyiv is set to propose alternatives to the US after President Volodymyr Zelensky again ruled out surrendering land, saying he had “no right” to do so under Ukrainian or international law.
He made the comments as he met European and Nato leaders on Monday, part of a collective push to deter the US from backing a peace deal which includes major concessions for Ukraine, and which allies fear would leave it vulnerable to a future invasion.
Meanwhile, the city of Sumy in North-Eastern Ukraine was left without power overnight after a Russian drone attack.
The region’s governor said more than a dozen drones had hit power infrastructure, the latest in Russia’s nightly attacks. Authorities are checking for casualties.
Elsewhere, the death toll from one of Russia’s deadliest attacks in the Ternopil region continued to rise.
Ternopil’s Police Chief said two more bodies had been found following a Russian missile strike on the west Ukrainian city last month, taking the total fatalities to 38, including eight children.
Zelensky’s ongoing diplomatic tour of Europe comes after days of intensive talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators over the weekend failed to produce a deal to which Kyiv could agree.
Zelensky was due to be briefed on that private summit on Monday by his chief negotiator Rustem Umerov, who wrote on Telegram that he would feed back details of direct talks between the US and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
