Trump said he will no longer change the peace plan, calling on the EU to force Zelensky to accept it – WSJ

U.S. President Donald Trump told the leaders of Germany, France, and Britain during a phone call yesterday that they must put pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to make him accept the terms of the American peace plan.

This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing sources.

According to the outlet, Trump rules out the possibility of changing the peace plan proposed by Washington.

“The U.S. president repeated his public criticism of Zelensky for not having read the previous U.S. peace plan. At the same time, Trump showed virtually no signs that he is ready to revise the terms proposed by Washington,” the article says.

As Axios reports, citing sources in the White House and a Ukrainian official, representatives of the U.S., Ukraine, France, Germany, and Britain plan to discuss the peace plan and the European-Ukrainian amendments to it on Saturday in Paris.

In addition, after yesterday’s conversation between Trump and the European leaders, Zelensky and the Europeans want to have another call with the head of the White House, but no date has yet been set.

A Ukrainian official told the outlet that Ukraine’s proposed amendments to the peace plan include “new ideas” for resolving contentious issues such as territory and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Earlier, Trump said that the Americans will decide whether to go to the meeting with the Europeans or not depending on what the Europeans propose, as he does not want to “waste time.”

Recall that the new U.S. peace plan envisions that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will leave Donbas, Ukraine will abandon its NATO course, but will join the European Union by 2027.