The Ukrainian leader said Thursday that there was still no common understanding on the land issue and that Ukrainians should vote on any territorial concessions in a referendum.

Ukraine's president says territory and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power remain unresolved issues in a peace plan.

Hello, this is Kateryna Hodunova reporting from Kyiv on day 1,387 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: The U.S. is pressing Ukraine, but not Russia, to pull back troops in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts near the eastern border of a potential demilitarized zone,

Ukraine said the US had proposed the creation of a demilitarised “free economic zone” in areas of the eastern Donetsk region still held by Kyiv, as Nato warned that tension with Russia could spiral into a conflict on the scale of the two world wars.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, tells Le Monde that the zone would require Ukrainian and Russian forces to both pull back from the front line.

There has been a flurry of diplomatic activity between Washington, Kyiv, Moscow and European capitals to discuss a plan to end the war. But US President Donald Trump says he's tired of talking — he wants action.

Ukraine has formally delivered its response to the latest U.S. peace proposal as Washington and Kyiv intensify negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war. The move comes amid mounting pressure from President Trump,

The United States has suggested creating a “free economic zone” in parts of the eastern Donbas region from which Ukraine would withdraw under a negotiated peace with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday.

With political costs rising at home and a self-imposed Christmas deadline looming, Washington is eager for a breakthrough that would show momentum even if it requires Ukraine to make concessions it has long resisted.

Painfully and chaotically, the outline of the peace deal that will eventually end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is emerging