European nations are working with Ukraine on a new proposal for a ceasefire in Russia's war along current battle lines, four European diplomats said, mainly incorporating ideas already under discussion while pressing to keep the U.

European nations are working with Ukraine on a 12-point proposal to end Russia’s war along current battle lines, pushing back against Vladimir Putin’s renewed demands to the US for Kyiv to surrender territory in return for a peace deal.

Ukraine and Russia should “stop at the battle lines” and end the war, U.S. President Donald Trump has said, suggesting that negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow should start on the basis of the current territorial situation.

European democracy and rule of law are at risk, the general says, so Europe must give Ukraine whatever it can to pressure Moscow, even if Trump does not.

Eight European leaders as well as senior European Union officials said in a joint statement they intend to go ahead with plans to use Moscow’s billions of euros of frozen assets abroad to help Kyiv win the war.

The U.K. is prepared to deploy British troops to Ukraine to secure a future peace deal in the country, British Defense Secretary John Healey has said, ahead of a planned meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A contentious meeting between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine produced no obvious progress toward a cease-fire.

As temperatures drop in Ukraine, Russia has stepped up drone attacks on power facilities supplying millions of homes across the country.