European and other Western leaders said on Saturday a U.S. peace plan was a basis for talks to end Russia's war in Ukraine but needed "additional work," part of Western efforts to eke out a better deal for Kyiv before a Thursday deadline.

Meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit, European and other Western leaders scrambled to come up with a coordinated response to U.S. President Donald Trump's demand for Ukraine to accept his 28-point peace plan with Russia by Thursday.

They agreed national security advisers from the E3 — France, Britain and Germany — would meet European Union, U.S. and Ukrainian officials in Geneva on Sunday for further discussions. Italy would also send an official, diplomatic sources said.

The U.S. plan, which endorses key Russian demands, was met with measured cr

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