Zelensky is still wary

UKRAINE'S President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday said that proposals being negotiated with US officials for a peace deal to end his country's war with Russia could be finalised within days - after which American envoys will present them to the Kremlin before further possible meetings in the United States next weekend.

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Mr Zelensky told reporters that a draft peace plan discussed with the US during talks in Berlin earlier in the day is “very workable”. He cautioned, however, that some key issues - notably what happens to Ukrainian territory occupied by invading Russian forces - remain unresolved.

US-led peace efforts appear to be picking up momentum, but Russia's President Vladimir Putin may baulk at some of the proposals thrashed out by officials from Washington, Kyiv and Western Europe, including postwar security guarantees for Ukraine.