The United States is still insisting that Ukraine give up significant amounts of territory to Russia in order to bring an end to the conflict initiated by Moscow's February 2022 invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday.
Negotiators in the U.S.-led peace talks are wrestling with the question of territorial possession, including the future of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region and the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, one of the world's 10 biggest atomic plants.
Zelenskyy revealed details of the ongoing discussions before he headed into urgent talks Thursday with leaders and officials from about 30 countries that support Kyiv's efforts to obtain fair terms in any settlement to halt nearly four years of fighting.
Ukraine submitted a 20-point plan to the U.S. on Wednesday, with each point possibly accompanied by a separate document detailing the settlement terms, Zelenskyy said.
"We are grateful that the U.S. is working with us and trying to take a balanced position," he told reporters in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
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