Zelensky IMMEDIATELY scoffs at key Trump offer to Putin for peace in Ukraine after Vlad’s proposal to freeze frontlines

There is a lot of pressure on Kyiv right now to give up on things so Trump can claim victory."

One official told the FT

It is not worth setting any rigid time frames and trying to get a settlement, a viable settlement, in a short time frame."

He told state TV

The negotiations continue. We're hopefully moving in the right direction."

She said

Volodymyr ZelenskyypRESIDENT

There is nothing to talk about – it is our land, the land of the Ukrainian people,

said Zelensky

Fiona Hill (presidential advisor)former NSC official

Right from the very beginning, president Trump wanted nothing to do with Ukraine,

Fiona Hill, who advised on European and Russian Affairs during Mr Trump’s first stint, said

In his first phone call with [former German chancellor] Angela Merkel, she most famously asked him, ‘Donald, what are you going to do about Ukraine?’

Ms Hill said

Kaja KallaseU foreign policy chief

Crimea is Ukraine. For those under occupation, it's vital that others do not acknowledge it as Russian,

Kallas added

Then Russia will clearly get what it wants,

she said

That’s why it’s a very dangerous moment. I believe it would not be a very good signal if the US pulls out. We very much hope that President Trump will support Ukraine and will exert pressure on Russia,

Zelenskyy added

We're ready for this stage. We're also ready to record that after the ceasefire, we're ready to sit down in any format so that there is no impasse,

the Ukrainian leader stressed

There is concern that Trump is trying to push the Ukrainians and hasn’t been tough enough on Russia,

said Mujtaba Rahman, a managing director at the Eurasia Group, a political risk consulting firm

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadzeukrainian parliamentarian

If what the media is reporting is true, then it is both sad and dangerous,

Ukrainian parliamentarian Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday

The only document shared in Paris was a list of potential options for discussion and feedback,

an official said

The Europeans have real cards to play,

Rahman, the analyst, said

Marco Rubiosecretary of State

If it’s not possible — if we’re so far apart that this is not going to happen — then I think the president’s probably at a point where he’s going to say, well, we’re done,

Rubio told reporters last week

Volodymyr ZelenskyypRESIDENT

We do not have enough forces to return Crimea,

Zelensky told reporters last year