November 23, 2025
Western leaders are rallying behind Kiev
European leaders. Photo: Courtesy — DW JOHANNESBURG/KYIV: European and other Western leaders said on Saturday that a US peace plan was the basis for talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, but “additional work” was needed, part of Western efforts to reach a better deal for Kiev before Thursday’s deadline. Meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit, European and other Western leaders scrambled to find a coordinated response to US President Donald Trump’s demand that Ukraine accept his 28-point peace plan with Russia by Thursday. They agreed that national security advisers from the E3 – France, Britain and Germany












