'Trump peace plan for Ukraine' is 'leaked': Talks with Putin, ceasefire by Easter and an end to Zelensky's NATO dream among details in report

US president Donald Trump volition effort to unit Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to hold to a ceasefire with Russia by Easter under a bid plan, according to a report. 

Trump, who has agelong claimed that helium would beryllium capable to negociate an ending to the brutal invasion of Ukraine successful a azygous day, is said to beryllium moving to extremity the warfare wrong 100 days. 

The unconfirmed plans, reported by Ukrainian outlet Strana, person been doing the rounds successful 'political and diplomatic circles' successful Ukraine, and volition see a ceasefire by April 20 that would frost Russia's dependable advance, a prohibition connected Ukraine from joining NATO, and a request for Kyiv to judge Russian sovereignty connected annexed land. 

On apical of this, Ukrainian troops volition beryllium made to permission Russia's Kursk region, wherever it launched a counteroffensive successful August, portion a contingent of European soldiers, which could see British troops, would beryllium asked to constabulary a demilitarised zone. American troops volition not beryllium progressive successful this contingent. 

The EU volition reportedly beryllium asked to assistance Ukraine successful its reconstruction efforts, which whitethorn outgo arsenic overmuch as $486billion (£392billion) implicit the adjacent decennary according to the German Marshall Fund thinktank. 

The plans volition reportedly statesman with a telephone telephone betwixt Zelensky and Vladimir Putin successful aboriginal February, a gathering betwixt the 2 warring leaders successful precocious February to aboriginal March and an authoritative ceasefire declaration of a ceasefire by April 20. 

A declaration connected the agreed parameters for ending the warfare would past beryllium released by May 9, aft which Kyiv would beryllium asked not to widen martial instrumentality oregon mobilise troops. 

While galore of the presumption of the reported plans see concessions for Ukraine, Trump is besides reportedly readying connected continuing American enactment for Ukraine's military, arsenic good arsenic a pathway for it to articulation the EU by 2030. 

But Russia would besides marque important gains arsenic the plans see lifting sanctions connected Russian vigor implicit respective years, though wealth from peculiar duties connected vigor volition beryllium utilized to assistance money Ukraine's rebuilding efforts. 

Zelensky's bureau has strenuously denied the legitimacy of the bid plans. 

Andriy Yermak, the caput of the Office of the President of Ukraine, wrote connected Telegram that they did not 'exist successful reality', adding that specified reports often disguised allegations dispersed by Russians. 

Zelensky told media groups connected Sunday: 'Russia's warfare is against Ukraine, against Europe, against the full world, but supra all, the warfare is waged connected our land. It is intolerable to exclude Ukraine from immoderate negotiating platform. 

'Either this negotiating level volition person nary existent results, oregon it volition person lone governmental results. And specified results volition person thing to bash with information oregon the extremity of the war.'

He added: 'I would truly similar the European dependable to beryllium determination arsenic well. It is important for america due to the fact that we volition beryllium members of the European Union. 

'But I can't accidental intelligibly contiguous what the operation of the dialog process volition be. Because we bash not person a associated program yet.'

Russia presently controls astir 20% of Ukraine's territory, and has held wide disregarded referendums successful 4 regions successful which they 'voted' to articulation Russia. 

Zelensky antecedently claimed that helium would ne'er let an acre of onshore to stay successful Putin's hands, but has besides admitted that onshore whitethorn not beryllium returned to Ukraine immediately. 

Overnight, Ukrainian forces struck an airfield successful confederate Russia that was being utilized to motorboat Iran-designed Shahed drones, arsenic France said it had delivered a archetypal batch of Mirage combatant jets to Ukraine.

The nighttime onslaught connected the Primorsko-Akhtarsk airfield successful Russia's Krasnodar portion started a fire, the General Staff wrote connected Facebook. The installation houses and fires drones and maintains craft utilized to onslaught Ukraine's Kherson and Zaporizhzhia borderline region.

It was not imaginable to independently verify the claim. The Russian Defense Ministry reported downing Ukrainian drones implicit Krasnodar, but it didn't accidental wherever oregon notation the airfield.

Ukraine has developed its ain long-range drones arsenic portion of its effort to turn its home arms manufacture and go little babelike connected Western assistance to combat its astir three-year warfare with Russia. The drones person astatine times reached heavy into Russia, hitting lipid refineries, weapons stores and airfields.

Meanwhile, French authorities said they had delivered the archetypal combatant jets promised to Ukraine by President Emmanuel Macron past June.

'The archetypal of them arrived successful Ukraine today,' Sebastien Lecornu, the curate of the equipped forces, said connected X. 'With Ukrainian pilots connected board, trained for respective months successful France, they volition present assistance to support the skies implicit Ukraine.'

Lecornu did not accidental however galore planes were delivered.

Ukraine has besides received F-16s from European countries, though Ukrainian officials person seldom mentioned them successful authoritative comments astir the fighting.

Russian forces fired 77 Shahed and different types of drones, arsenic good arsenic 2 ballistic Iskander-M missiles, astatine Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine's aerial force. 

A connection said 56 drones were destroyed and 18 others were jammed and mislaid mid-flight.

Some buildings were damaged, but nary casualties were reported.