2025-12-09 09:25
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2025-12-09 09:25
On Tuesday, Ukraine will present the United States with an updated peace plan aimed at ending the war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday. He added that the plan contains 20 points, but no compromise has yet been reached on the issue of territories.
“NSA (national security advisers) will work on the last version of the plan that Umerov brought – NSA of Europeans with Ukraine. I think that tomorrow the plan will be ready. In the evening, around this time. We will review it again and send it to the United States of America,” Zelensky said on Monday, answering journalists' questions via WhatsApp.
20 points instead of 28. The peace plan has been stripped of its unfavorable provisions
“There were 28 points, now there are 20. We have leveled this direction and, to be honest, the points unfavorable to Ukraine have been removed. The Americans are basically focused on finding a compromise. Of course, there are difficult issues regarding territory. No compromise has been found on this matter yet,” he noted.
The President of Ukraine stated that US President Donald Trump is determined to end the Russia-Ukraine war and highly appreciated the efforts of his son-in-law Jared Kushner in the US negotiating group.
Billions for armament. Ukraine needs money to buy weapons
According to Zelensky, Ukraine needs about $800 million to buy American weapons, which it planned to acquire this year with the help of European allies. He repeated that next year Kiev will need about $15 billion for the PURL program, which includes the purchase of American weapons with European money.
Zelensky is of the opinion that China does not seek to end the Russian-Ukrainian war. “Of course, China is a strong country, a strong economy, and most importantly in our case – the influence that China has on Russia and personally on Putin. However, with all respect for the Chinese people, history and culture, I must honestly say that I do not see that ending this war would be beneficial for China,” he explained.
According to the leader Ukraine, China is not profitable today if Russia is weak or defeatedbecause – as he noted – the new American security doctrine clearly contrasts two large states and economies.
Diplomatic marathon. Meetings in London, Paris and Brussels
The president announced that he would go to Italy on Tuesday to meet Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. He also announced a large meeting of the coalition of the willing this week.
On Monday in London, Zelensky held talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Then, in the evening, the Ukrainian leader visited Brussels to meet with the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Council Antonio Costa and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The topic of all of Zelensky's talks are the US efforts to reach a peace agreement in Russia's war with Ukraine. (PAP)
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