Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

By Daryna Krasnolutska, Alberto Nardelli and Arne Delfs, Bloomberg News

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is facing the risk of losing its key partner after the U.S. threatened to cut off support unless Kyiv agrees to a peace deal that favors Russia.

“Now, it’s one of the most difficult moments in our history,” Zelenskyy said in a video address to the nation on Friday after he was presented with a 28-point peace plan brokered by the U.S. and Russia. “Ukraine may face a hard choice: either the loss of our dignity or the loss of our key partner.”

His comments came after Kyiv’s biggest European allies lined up with Zelenskyy to push back against important elements of the plan, which would force Ukraine to cede large chunks of territory

See Full Page