Senior U.S. officials will meet Saturday in Paris with counterparts from Ukraine, France, Germany, and the U.K. to continue negotiations over President Trump’s 20-point peace plan, according to a White House official and a Ukrainian official. The gathering aims to align the allies on the proposal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is under mounting pressure from Washington to quickly accept the plan, which calls for major territorial concessions. The Paris session follows a Wednesday call between Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Merz said he and the other leaders told Trump that decisions over Ukrainian territory rest solely with Kyiv. He described the call as respectful, while Trump said they “discussed Ukraine in pretty strong words.”
Ukraine delivered a point-by-point response to the latest U.S. draft on Wednesday, offering new proposals on disputed issues including territory and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, a Ukrainian official said.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday that Moscow expects any agreement to provide security guarantees for “all sides” and address the “root causes of the conflict.” He reiterated that Ukraine cannot join NATO and said Russia had given the U.S. its own ideas for “collective security guarantees.” Lavrov added that he believes recent discussions between President Vladimir Putin, Witkoff, and Kushner resolved all misunderstandings with Washington.
