US steps up pressure on Zelenskyy over Trump's «peace plan» - Axios
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy is facing increasing pressure from the United States, which, according to Axios, are seeking Kyiv's consent to Significant territorial and political concessions as part of the US President's «peace plan» Donald Trump.
A Ukrainian official told the publication that Washington's proposal deteriorated after a five-hour meeting between Vitkoff and Kushner with Putin last week in moscow.
Negotiations with Kyiv
According to Axios, during the a two-hour telephone conversation On Saturday, Vitkoff and Kushner insisted that Zelenskyy give his explicit consent to the proposed option.
The Ukrainian president replied that received the documents only an hour before the call and had not yet had time to read them. This is confirmed by both American and Ukrainian sources.
US official expresses surprise, claims US passed on updated proposal a day earlier. The Ukrainian side explained that they had received some of the documents in advance, and others - just before the call.
Washington's position
A US official told Axios that The current draft peace plan largely takes into account Ukrainian proposals, and Kushner and Vitkoff put pressure on Putin to agreed to some of Kyiv's demands.
Negotiations are ongoing, but, according to the publication's estimates, the difference in expectations between the parties remains significant.
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