Kiev’s European backers respond to US Ukraine peace plan: LIVE UPDATES

Brussels has reportedly expressed outright opposition to key points of a plan the US submitted to Vladimir Zelensky’s office last week US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has hailed “tremendous progress” at talks in Geneva made towards aligning Ukraine’s position with a US-drafted peace plan which left Kiev’s western European backers blindsided. Washington and…

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A Eurasian crisis is being driven not by Moscow or Beijing, but by nervous allies of the US Western Europe and Japan sit on opposite ends of the Eurasian landmass, products of different histories and cultures. Yet in foreign policy they behave like twins. In both cases, national decisions are…

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Kiev will not make territorial concessions or give up on its NATO aspirations, its deputy envoy to the UN has insisted Ukraine’s mission at the UN has rejected several key clauses reportedly included in a US-drafted plan to resolve the conflict with Russia. The 28-point framework agreement, which the media…

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Washington is offering Kiev a diplomatic climbdown amid battlefield setbacks and scandals rocking Zelensky’s inner circle, according to a reported draft text A reported US-drafted proposal to end the Ukraine conflict would require Kiev to cross several of its long-declared “red lines.” Several parts of an allegedly leaked 28-point plan…

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The Ukrainian leader has banned the military from admitting the loss of key towns, Russia’s UN envoy has said Vladimir Zelensky has barred the Ukrainian military from admitting the loss of key towns to Russia, Moscow’s envoy to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, has said. This is being done to…

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Ukrainian soldiers are ready to surrender but face threats from their own command, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov has said Russian forces have captured the city of Kupyansk in northeastern Ukraine, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said on Thursday during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir…

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Bookstores and online marketplaces have reportedly halted sales of the horror novel ‘It’ over underage sexual content Stephen King’s horror novel ‘It’ has been pulled from sale in Russian bookstores and online marketplaces, according to Russian media reports on Thursday. One of the American writer’s most popular works, first published…

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Kiev earlier confirmed having received a draft from the US and signaled a readiness to discuss it Ukrainian opposition MP Aleksey Goncharenko has published the text of a peace plan reportedly presented to Kiev by the US administration this week. The lawmaker posted on social media what appeared to be…

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