President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that active work is underway on the framework for ending the war, following a meeting of European national security advisors in London.
The head of state announced this on social media on December 9.
He stated that Ukraine's negotiating team had discussed the results of the London consultations held a day earlier at the level of European partners' national security advisors.
"The Ukrainian and European components have been further refined, and we are ready to present them to partners in America," Zelensky noted.
The President added that Ukraine, together with the American side, aims to make potential steps "as workable as possible, as soon as possible."
"We are interested in a real peace and are in constant contact with America," he emphasized.
At the same time, Zelensky noted that everything depends on Russia's readiness "to take effective steps to stop the bloodshed and prevent the war from reigniting."
Ukraine plans to send the revised documents to the United States in the near future.
Zelensky's statement comes amid a tense week of diplomacy. On December 8, a summit took place in London attended by the Ukrainian President, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German CDU leader Friedrich Merz. The meeting lasted over two hours, yet concluded without a press conference or joint statement.
That same day, US President Donald Trump expressed disappointment that Zelensky had allegedly "still not read" the American peace proposals, while claiming the plan "suits" Russia. According to Zelensky, the American plan was cut from 28 to 20 points—"points that were frankly not pro-Ukrainian were removed"—though a compromise on territories has yet to be found.
On December 9, Trump made a series of sharp statements, specifically regarding the need for presidential elections in Ukraine and asserting that Russia currently holds a stronger negotiating position. Concurrently, calls within Europe for a separate peace initiative are growing louder; EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius urged the bloc to develop its own plan to end the war should negotiations led by the Trump administration fail to yield results.
