Belgium’s foreign minister Maxime Prévot warned that the scheme would be “adventurous and dangerous”, according to four people briefed on his remarks. He also said that his government wanted to pursue a different proposal made by the commission to instead issue joint debt to support Kyiv.

Ukrainian officials remain determinedly upbeat in comments on the new US push to end the war with Russia, but people in Kyiv fear that a deal would strongly favour Moscow, impose unacceptable terms on Ukraine and fail to prevent any future Kremlin aggression.

US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll held meetings with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi on Monday about a proposed plan for ending the war in Ukraine, with talks to continue Tuesday, a US official told CNN.

Russia launched a new barrage of drones and missiles at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Tuesday, officials said, killing seven people, wounding 21, and disrupting electricity and heating systems as Ukraine raced to finalise a U.

Ukraine's gas facilities have suffered severe damage from Russian drone and missile attacks, forcing the country to import more gas

As Washington ramps up its negotiations with Ukraine and Russia and U.S. President Donald Trump expresses optimism that a peace deal could be close, there are still some very critical and contentious issues on which Kyiv and Moscow are in deep disagreement.

The Trump administration’s Army secretary will sit down Tuesday with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi to present a slimmed-down plan to end Moscow’s 33-month-old invasion of Ukraine.

Trump said Russia is “making concessions” and that he now has “no deadline” for the process after initially saying Ukraine had until Thanksgiving to decide. He said the sides are making good progress,