By ILLIA NOVIKOV and BARRY HATTON, Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The leaders of Germany, France and the United Kingdom spoke by phone Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, assuring him of their continued support amid the war with Russia as European officials scrambled to respond to U.S. peace proposals that apparently caught them unawares.

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