Zelenskiy: Ukraine has given US negotiators proposals for ending the war with Russia

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine had handed proposals to ‌U.S. negotiators for a plan to end the war with Moscow and suggested that Russia would use its parliamentary election next month as a pretext to declare a new mobilisation.
Zelenskiy's announcement of fresh proposals for peace talks, largely stalled since the outbreak of the ​conflict with Iran, comes amid suggestions by both Russia and Ukraine that U.S. negotiators would soon pay a ​visit to their two countries.

"We have conveyed our proposals to the American side," Zelenskiy said ⁠in his nightly video address.
"And the United States can help strengthen our defence, first and foremost with air ​defence, and put pressure on Russia so that its plans are different -- to prepare for an end to the war ​rather than prolonging it."
Zelenskiy offered no details on the proposals.
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were last in Moscow last January and have not yet visited Kyiv.
Ukraine has repeatedly called for a ceasefire after nearly 4-1/2 years of fighting. Russia says it wants ​a settlement, but any solution must involve Ukraine fully ceding four regions Moscow claims as well as resolving ​the conflict's "root causes."

In his remarks, Zelenskiy said Ukrainian intelligence had evidence that Russia would exploit its September "pseudo-election" -- a reference to restrictions ‌imposed ⁠on the polls -- to proclaim a new mobilisation to boost the numbers of fighting personnel.
"They are preparing for mobilisation in the autumn, immediately after the imitation of parliamentary elections," Zelenskiy said as part of a plan to "create the appearance that Russians supposedly support the war."
"Then, following the so-called election, he plans an additional rapid mobilisation of several hundred ​thousand Russians by the end ​of the year, plus ⁠another similar number next year."
The draft, he said, would be in addition to recruitment through the conclusion of contracts with servicemen.