Some US allies are highly alarmed by the framework the Trump administration is pushing to end the Ukraine war and Europeans are bracing for the outcomes of another round of high-level talks between the US and Russia,

President Zelensky emphasizes that Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupied territories as Russia's. As for the position on NATO, set out in response to Trump's peace plan, he noted that Moscow should not have the right to veto Ukraine's accession to the Alliance. Although there is no talk of joining in the foreseeable future.

ROME — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he doubts Russia's Vladimir Putin wants to end his war in Ukraine, expressing new skepticism that a peace deal can be reached soon. Only a day earlier, Trump had said Ukraine and Russia were “ very close to a deal."