Zelenskiy says ‘refined’ peace plan to be sent to US

After days of high-stakes shuttle diplomacy, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine and its European partners would soon be ready to present to the United States “refined documents” on a peace plan to end the war with Russia.

Kiev is under pressure from the White House for a quick peace deal, but is withdrawing a US-backed plan proposed last month that was seen as favorable to Moscow.

Ukrainian officials also want strong security guarantees from their partners in the event of a deal to prevent Russia from attacking again in the future.

Zelenskiy said in a statement that the new components of the agreement reached with British, French and German leaders in London on Monday were “more advanced” and ready for US review.

“Ukrainian and European components are now more advanced and we are ready to offer them to our partners in the USA,” he wrote to X.

“Together with the American side, we hope to quickly make potential steps as feasible as possible.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said on Tuesday that the allies were working on three separate documents, including a 20-point framework, a set of security guarantees and a reconstruction plan.

“I think we are closer to a peace agreement than we have been at any time since the war began,” he said at an event in Helsinki.

Stubb spoke as US President Donald Trump put new pressure on Zelenskiy to guarantee an agreement that could include painful concessions, citing the “superiority” of Russia advancing on the battlefield.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, among other demands, that Ukraine must surrender the entire eastern Donbas region before Russia stops fighting; Zelenskiy has consistently denied this.

“They’re much bigger. They’re much more powerful in that sense,” Trump said in an interview with Politico.

He added that Zelenskiy needs to “get on the ball and start accepting some things.”