KYIV/MOSCOW — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Ukraine had handed proposals to US negotiators to end the conflict with Russia.
Zelensky's announcement of fresh proposals for peace talks, which have largely stalled since the outbreak of the conflict with Iran, comes amid suggestions by both Russia and Ukraine that US negotiators would soon visit their two countries.
"We have conveyed our proposals to the American side," Zelensky said in his nightly video address. "And the United States can help strengthen our defense, first and foremost with air defense, and put pressure on Russia so that its plans are different — to prepare for an end to the war rather than prolonging it."
Zelensky offered no details on the proposals.
US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were in Moscow last January and have not yet visited Kyiv. Ukraine has repeatedly called for a ceasefire after nearly 4.5 years of fighting.
