KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine expected to give its latest peace proposals to U.S. negotiators Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, a day ahead of his urgent talks with leaders and officials from about 30 other countries supporting Kyiv's effort to end the war with Russia on acceptable terms.

As tension builds around a U.S. push for a settlement, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to President Donald Trump by phone Wednesday, according to officials.

Negotiations are at "a critical moment," the European leaders said in official statements.

Washington's goal of a swift compromise to stop the fighting that began with Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 is reducing Kyiv's room for maneuvering. Zelenskyy is wa

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