European leaders pushed back Saturday on a US proposal, seen as widely favorable to Moscow, to halt the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine — a day ahead of a high-level meeting in Geneva where they hope to rework the parameters of the deal.

“Wars cannot be ended by major powers over the heads of the countries affected,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz SAID at the G20 summit in South Africa. “We are still quite a way from a good outcome for everyone.”

The leaders of France, Germany and the UK huddled on the sidelines of the summit to discuss ways to support Kyiv and rewrite portions of the peace plan, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday his country faced a choice of either losing its dignity and freedom if it accepted the plan — or Washington’s backing if it turned it down.

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