The U.S. and Ukraine said they had created an "updated and refined peace framework" to end the war with Russia that apparently modified an earlier plan drafted by the Trump administration which Kyiv and its allies saw as too sympathetic to Moscow.

The meeting last week was just the latest example of a long-running rift inside the Trump administration over how to end the war in Ukraine.

Russia threatens to reject Trump's Ukraine peace plan unless "key understandings" from Alaska summit are upheld.

In a speech to the so-called coalition of the willing, Zelensky urged European leaders to hash out a framework for deploying a "reassurance force" to Ukraine and to continue supporting Kyiv for as long as Moscow shows no willingness to end its war.

The leaked plan, which has since been revised to 19 points, initially demanded Ukraine make heavy concessions – including giving up territory in the east, capping the size of its military and agreeing to never join NATO – while asking Russia to barely give up anything.

Ripples of alarm were coursing from Kyiv through Europe, as details emerged of President Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan for Russia and Ukraine.

US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is holding meetings with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi about a proposed plan for ending the war in Ukraine, a US official told CNN.