The Latest Breaking News on Trump's Ukraine Plan Hands Moscow the Keys to Kyiv's Defences

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With the US pushing Zelensky to accept a flawed peace deal, Britain and Europe must help Ukraine stand strong – and Starmer is doing just that

Downing Street confirmed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had spoken to US President Donald Trump.

European leaders say a controversial 28-point plan promoted by the US to end the war in Ukraine is far from being the final settlement. Kyiv is under "enormous" pressure to take or leave the deal by Thursday. Zelenskyy warns country could "lose dignity or key ally".

Ukraine's Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council announced on Saturday that Ukraine will begin talks with the US in Switzerland, on Sunday, on the proposed 28-point peace plan and its terms.

The G7 and G20 leaders who met at the South Africa summit expressed concerns about the proposal to limit Kyiv’s army.

Donald Trump said his proposal is not a ‘final offer’ but the war must end now

Western nations are scrambling to respond to the proposals on the sidelines of the South African meeting.

The plan would leave Ukraine’s democracy in jeopardy and its sovereignty compromised

US army secretary briefs ambassadors at ‘nightmare meeting’ in Kyiv on Friday after talks with Ukrainian leader