Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and three European leaders are meeting in London to discuss the best way to respond to an unpalatable US proposal to bring an end to the war with Russia.

As Russia continues its winter bombardment of Ukraine, the country’s leader is meeting UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Downing Street. It follows a White House proposal for Kyiv to give up Ukrainian territory in exchange for peace with Moscow.

A building set alight in the Sumy region by a Russian drone attack that killed four on Sunday. AFP

The meeting in London will seek to address the proposal for Ukraine to give up 15 per cent of its remaining territory in the Donbas region, including a key fortress belt of defences.

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