President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Kyiv is ready to advance a U.S.-backed peace deal and is prepared to address its most sensitive points directly with U.S. President Donald Trump, in talks he said should also involve key European partners.
In a speech to the so-called coalition of the willing, seen by Reuters, Zelenskyy urged European leaders to help design a framework for deploying a “reassurance force” to Ukraine and to maintain long-term backing “as long as Moscow shows no willingness to end its war.”
A senior Ukrainian official said Kyiv and Washington have agreed on the core terms of the U.S. plan, initially presented as a 28-point proposal to end the conflict. “Our delegations reached a common understanding on the main elements discussed in Geneva,” said Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council. He said Ukraine hopes to finalize the agreement during Zelenskyy’s planned visit to Washington.
U.S. media reported Tuesday that Ukraine has broadly “agreed to a peace deal,” though details remain under negotiation. Senior U.S. officials are currently in Abu Dhabi for talks with Russian counterparts, according to reports by CBS, CNN and the Wall Street Journal. U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll has led discussions since Monday.
