Zelenskyy says Ukraine has sent proposals to US to end war with Russia

Ukrainian president also says Russia will use its parliamentary election next month as a pretext to declare a new mobilisation.Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Kyiv has handed the United States new proposals aimed at ending the four-and-a-half-year war with Russia.The announcement on Tuesday came amid suggestions by both Ukraine and Russia that US negotiators would soon pay a visit to their two countries.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Russia bars only party opposing war in Ukraine from parliamentary votelist 2 of 4Russian attacks kill 12, Zelenskyy claims use of North Korean missileslist 3 of 4Ukraine’s 40-day campaign has not brought the war closer to an endlist 4 of 4‘New level of danger’: Drone incidents scare Europe amid Russia-Ukraine warend of list“We have conveyed our proposals to the American side,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.He said the US could help strengthen Ukraine’s defences, particularly its air defences, while increasing pressure on Moscow so that Russia prepares “for an end to the war rather than prolonging it”.The Ukrainian leader offered no details on the proposals.Talks to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began in 2022, have largely stalled since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran.US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were last in Moscow in January and have not yet visited Kyiv.Ukraine has repeatedly called for a ceasefire after years of fighting. Russia says it wants a settlement, but any solution must involve Ukraine fully ceding four regions Moscow claims as well as resolving the conflict’s “root causes”.In his address, Zelenskyy also accused Russia of preparing to use its parliamentary elections next month as a pretext for another large-scale military mobilisation.“They are preparing for mobilisation in the autumn, immediately after the imitation of parliamentary elections,” Zelenskyy said, as part of a plan to “create the appearance that ⁠Russians supposedly support the war”.