President Zelenskyy's top aide Yermak says the Ukrainian president will not sign away territory as Kiev challenges Russian demands and questions the US draft that suggests territorial concessions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told his country in an address Friday that it could face a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving the American support it needs,

Even as US President Donald Trump has pressed both the sides to agree to a deal, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has threatened Ukraine with annihilation if President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would not surrender all Ukrainian territories that he desires.

For the United States to come to Zelenskyy and offer this proposal is shameful. All Trump wants is for the war to end because he thinks then he will win the Nobel Peace Prize. I don’t believe that will ever happen because from the way he constantly speaks, there is no peace in his heart.

The proposed trip is part of President Trump's push to get an agreement on Ukraine by Thanksgiving, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A large Russian drone and missile barrage on Ukraine’s western city of Ternopil killed at least 25 people, including three children, authorities said Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Turkey in search of diplomatic support for his fight against Russia’s invasion.