00:00U.S. pressure on Kyiv is intensifying as Washington reportedly threatens to cut off
00:15intelligence and weapons supplies unless Ukraine accepts President Donald Trump's proposed peace
00:21framework. According to Reuters, which cited two sources familiar with the discussions,
00:27the Trump administration wants Kyiv to sign the framework by next Thursday. One source said
00:34similar pressure tactics were used previously when Washington pushed Ukraine into signing a rare
00:40Earths Agreement. Kyiv confirmed on Thursday that it received a new American draft peace plan but
00:47declined to reveal details. Ukrainian officials said the U.S. believes the proposal could help
00:54reinvigorate diplomacy but early reactions from Ukraine and its allies indicate major disagreements.
01:01Media reports claim the 28-point plan includes withdrawing Ukrainian forces from remaining
01:09parts of Donbass still under Kyiv's control, reducing Ukraine's military and formally abandoning its NATO
01:16aspirations. Several of these conditions have been sharply rejected by Ukrainian diplomats.
01:22Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Kristina Gaiovishin, said Ukraine will never recognize any of its
01:30former territories as Russian and it will not limit its military capabilities or give up the right to
01:36join security alliances. European leaders have also pushed back, insisting that any agreement must reflect
01:42both Kyiv's and Brussels positions. The EU is reportedly preparing a counter-proposal more favourable to Ukraine.
01:50Meanwhile, the Kremlin says there is nothing new in U.S.-Russia exchanges on the conflict.
01:56Spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated that Moscow remains ready for talks but has received no indication that Kyiv is prepared to negotiate based on Washington's plan.
02:09Against this backdrop, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Ukraine is experiencing one of the
02:15most difficult moments in its modern history. In his national address, Zelensky said Ukraine now faces
02:23overwhelming pressure and an extremely difficult choice between the loss of dignity, the risk of losing a key
02:30partner or 28 difficult points or an extremely harsh winter. The president said the greatest danger would be
02:39accepting a future without freedom, without dignity, without justice or trusting those who have already
02:45attacked Ukraine twice.
02:47Both Europe and the whole world must understand another truth, that Ukrainians are first and foremost people and we have
02:55been holding back one of the largest armies in the world for almost four years of a full-scale invasion. We hold a
03:01front line of several thousand kilometers. Our people experience shelling, rocket attacks, ballistic
03:08strikes and suicide bombings every night. Our people lose someone close to them every day. And our people really want the war to end.
03:16We are, of course, made of steel. But any metal, even the strongest, may not withstand it.
03:22Zelensky said Ukraine will work calmly and quickly with the U.S. and its partners to pursue a just end to the war, while ensuring
03:30that Kyiv is never seen as obstructing diplomacy. He vowed to present arguments, persuade partners and offer alternatives,
03:38while stressing that no decisions about Ukraine's future should be made without the country's own voice.
03:45We will, of course, make the same conversation be made without a conviction.
03:55We'll see you soon.
03:59We'll see you soon.
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