00:00It's been a night of fresh destruction and carnage in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
00:08A new Russian drone strike has killed four people and wounded 17.
00:13Right now, U.S., Ukrainian and European officials are trying to bring an end
00:17to almost four years of fighting between Russia and Ukraine.
00:20And people here hope something will come through to end their suffering.
00:25We want peace, and we want all this to end quickly so that we can live in peace
00:30and our children don't have to see this.
00:34U.S. President Donald Trump has given Khiv until Thursday to accept his 28-point peace plan.
00:43This would see Ukraine cede land to Russia, cut its military, and pledge never to join NATO.
00:49Trump says it's not his final offer, but it's the plan he wants to see go through.
00:54U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is upbeat about how peace talks in Geneva have gone so far.
01:03We arrived here today with one goal, and the goal was to take 28 points or 26 points,
01:10depending on which version, as it continued to evolve, and try to narrow the ones that were open items.
01:15And we have achieved that today in a very substantial way.
01:18Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the Trump administration.
01:22After Trump called Ukraine ungrateful for his work.
01:25Zelensky says he feels Trump's team is hearing Ukraine.
01:28And he says he expects more talks ahead to defend Ukraine's interests.
01:32The unity of Ukrainians in the defense of their national interests, and of our independence
01:39and our sovereignty.
01:40This is what works.
01:41There are directives given to the Ukrainian delegation.
01:44There is the direction our Ukrainian delegation follows, and it would be very desirable if we
01:49don't have opposing signals, non-Ukrainian signals coming from Ukraine.
01:53Trump's plan isn't the only one out there, though.
01:57Several of Ukraine's European allies want a higher cap on the size of Ukraine's military.
02:02And crucially, no talk of ceding land.
02:05First, borders cannot be changed by force.
02:10Second, as a sovereign nation, there cannot be limitations on Ukraine's armed forces that
02:17would leave the country vulnerable to future attack, and thereby also undermining European security.
02:24Third, the centrality of the European Union in securing peace for Ukraine must be fully reflected.
02:32Trump's plan also has strong critics, who see it as too lenient on Russia.
02:39And this is especially the case inside Ukraine.
02:42In places like this graveyard in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, the final resting place of many killed in an early Russian assault,
02:49Trump's plan is a non-starter.
02:52Let Trump's sons come here. Let them feel our pain. Let them see all this.
02:59And maybe then they will change their minds. War breathes hatred.
03:03There is hatred in many Ukrainians against Russia.
03:06It is internal. It cannot be said at all.
03:09I will speak for myself. Yes, my son. My son's grave is there.
03:14If they sign these terms, it won't be very good.
03:18Because what did our men fight for just so that our land could be taken away?
03:22I don't like that option.
03:23If there were other terms, if they left our territories, then yes, I would agree.
03:28But when they take away our territory, where we have lived all our lives, where our homes are, I don't agree.
03:34So even as talks proceed in far-off places like Geneva, in Ukraine there is no pause to this war,
03:43as both sides exchange attacks and the next drone strike could come at any moment.
03:48Joseph Wu and John Van Trieste for Taiwan Plus.
03:52Thank you very much for joining us for joining us!
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