The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Starmer meets Ukraine allies at G20 to discuss US-drafted peace plan

Western nations are scrambling to respond to the proposals on the sidelines of the South African meeting.

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2025

US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future

US army secretary briefs ambassadors at ‘nightmare meeting’ in Kyiv on Friday after talks with Ukrainian leader

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2025

Ukraine’s allies rally around Zelensky ahead of crunch talks as Trump offers lifeline to Kyiv

European leaders are meeting in South Africa to discuss alternatives to a US plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2025

Trump tells Ukraine to sign peace deal in days as Zelensky warns of ‘most difficult moment in history’

Volodymyr Zelensky said he and the US are working to carve out a ‘dignified and effective’ path for peace. But he has warned that his wartorn country faces a ‘very difficult choice’

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2025

President Zelensky says he won't 'betray' Ukraine as he faces impossible Trump peace plan dilemma

‘Now is one of the most difficult moments of our history’, says Ukraine President as US tells him to sign up to losing territory or lose arms

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2025

Trump may yet impose a Ukraine deal – but it threatens to be a disaster for Kyiv

Ukraine could be forced into an agreement but plan as it stands seems too bizarre for Zelenskyy to sell to his public

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025

Zelenskyy: Ukraine faces choice between 'loss of dignity' or losing key ally over US-Russia plan

“Ukraine may now face a very difficult choice: either loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner,” Ukrainian president said on Friday, as Kyiv is “under tremendous pressure” over the latest draft proposal by the US and Russia, which mainly includes concessions from Ukraine and not Russia.

Euronews · Nov 21, 2025

Ukraine ‘must determine its future’, says Starmer after call with Zelensky

Sir Keir Starmer spoke to Volodymyr Zelensky from South Africa, where he will use his attendance at the G20 summit to shore up support for Kyiv.

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2025

Europe uneasy as leaked US plan urges Ukraine to give up Donbas

A leaked US peace plan to end the war in Ukraine has unsettled European governments by calling for Kyiv to cede the whole Donbas region to Russia and sharply reduce its armed forces. The move comes as Ukraine says it is ready to work with Washington.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 21, 2025

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says ‘most difficult moment in history’ as Trump sets peace deal deadline

Ukrainian president says his country faces ‘one of the most difficult moments in our history’ in address to the nation

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2025