Kremlin tells Zelenskyy to negotiate 'now' or lose more territory
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, and Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska light candles as they commemorate the memory of demonstrators killed during the mass Euromaidan protests on Day of Dignity and Freedom, that honours the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2013 Revolution of Dignity, at the memorial on the Alley of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred in Kyiv, Friday. Courtesy of the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/ AFP-Yonhap
The Kremlin on Friday warned Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to enter negotiations "now" or lose more territory after the U.S. sent Kyiv a peace proposal heeding to many of Moscow's demands.
"The effective work of the Russian armed forces should convince Zelenskyy: it is better to negotiate and do it now rather than later," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"The space for the freedom of decision-making is shrinking for him as territories are lost during offensive actions by the Russian army," he added, while saying Moscow had not officially received the US plan. (AFP)