A US-backed ceasefire plan to end the war in Ukraine would require Kyiv to give up some land currently controlled by Russian forces and make dramatic cuts to its military, according to reports by the AFP and Reuters news agencies.
The US wants Ukraine to accept the main points of the peace deal, sources who requested anonymity told Reuters news agency.
The new US plan expects Ukraine to grant Moscow part of eastern Ukraine it does not currently control in return for a US security guarantee for Kyiv and Europe against future Russian aggression, according to an Axios report.
The White House has refused to comment on the matter.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X that Washington "will continue to develop a list of potential ideas for ending this war based on input from both sides of this conflict."
"Ending a complex and deadly war such as the one in Ukraine requires an extensive exchange of serious and realistic ideas. And achieving a durable peace will require both sides to agree to difficult but necessary concessions," Rubio said.
US President Donald Trump has already approved the 28-point plan, NBC News reported late Wednesday.
Kyiv has not been involved in preparing the proposals, a Ukrainian official told Reuters.
On Telegram, Zelenskyy did not comment on Washington's peace plan but called for effective US leadership to help bring an end to the war that has been dragging on for years now.
Zelenskiy said only the United States and U.S. President Donald Trump "have sufficient strength for the war to finally come to an end."
Ukrainian lawmaker tells DW reported peace plan sounds 'like surrender'
Reports of a possible peace plan to end the conflict in Ukraine sound "like surrender," Oleksiy Goncharenko of Ukraine's opposition European Solidarity party told DW.
The lawmaker dismissed reports of a plan allegedly negotiated between the United States and Russia that would require Kyiv to cede land controlled by Russian forces and cut its military size by more than half, calling it disinformation by Moscow.
"The main guarantee for Ukraine, as for any other country, [is] its own armed forces," he said. "That's exactly what Russia wants — to reduce Ukrainian armed forces to finish Ukraine in the next attack."
Goncharenko said he did not believe the US would "push Ukraine to surrender because it's not in the interest of Ukraine, nor of the United States."
"I really want to thank President [Donald] Trump for his efforts trying to achieve peace, but to achieve peace this agreement should be in Ukrainian interests too, and I think he realizes this," he added.
Reports of the peace plan apparently negotiated between the US and Russia come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces his biggest domestic crisis in years, with close aides under investigation for a major criminal scheme and two ministers having resigned.
"Zelenskyy is definitely weaker because of the scandal at home, and this is a bad story overall," Goncharenko said.
He added that any deal would not have to be accepted by Zelenskyy alone, but by Ukrainian society as a whole.
"If we want to have any agreement, Ukrainian society should accept it. There are things which are acceptable for Ukrainian society; there are things which are not," he said.
