According to Reuters, Mr Zelenskiy said Ukraine was ready to advance the US-backed framework and discuss disputed points with Mr Trump. “Over the past week, the United States has made tremendous progress towards a peace deal,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. And these principles are generally reflected in the plan, which we welcomed,” Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. However, there are aspects of that plan that deserve to be discussed, negotiated, improved ... We want peace, but we don’t want peace that is effectively a capitulation,” French president Emmanuel Macron said of the US peace plan. The answer is no.”France and Britain reaffirmed on Tuesday that they might send troops to Ukraine in some capacity if a peace deal was agreed and implemented.

Source: The Irish Times November 25, 2025 20:51 UTC