The Ukrainian president wants to take a constructive approach to the White House proposal without losing credibility with his people.

The president has yet to respond to the revised proposal, which suggests that both Russia and Ukraine would vacate a demilitarized zone in the Donbas.

Ukraine delivered its response to the latest US-drafted peace proposal aimed at ending the war with Russia to the Trump administration on Wednesday, US and Ukrainian officials told CNN, as the contours of a tenuous potential deal take shape and the US president continues to make clear he wants the conflict resolved quickly.

President Trump is expected to announce that Israel and Hamas are moving to a second phase of his peace plan in early 2026, but there remains a host of challenges and unanswered questions for the

Gazans in tents have been hit by heavy rain as failure to find last Israeli hostage risks derailing peace plan.

The Gaza peace plan, unveiled by US President Donald Trump in September 2025 and later endorsed by the United Nations through Security Council Resolution 2803, was hailed as the most ambitious attempt yet to end the cycle of devastation in the Strip.

Two months into an American-imposed ceasefire, Gaza remains stuck in the first phase of President Donald Trump’s peace plan, with its territory divided between the two sides, its people displaced, and

Zelensky has responded to the mounting pressure, reiterating that Ukraine will not concede land to its “aggressor.”