By Marina Bobrova and Anton Kolodyazhnyy

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that U.S. proposals for peace in Ukraine could be the basis of a resolution of the conflict but that if Kyiv turned down the plan then Russian forces would advance further.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was giving Ukraine until Thursday to accept a U.S. peace plan which endorses key Russian demands on NATO, territory and recognition of Russian controlled regions.

“I believe that it can be used as the basis for a final peaceful settlement,” Putin told senior officials at a meeting of the Russian Security Council, which is like a modern-day politburo of Russia’s most powerful officials.

Putin added that the 28-point plan had not been discussed in detail yet with the United Sta

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