But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday dismissed the idea of halting the conflict at the current contact line. Moscow was only interested in "long-term, sustainable peace", Lavrov said, implying that freezing the front line would only amount to a temporary ceasefire.

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.

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 countries are working with Ukraine on a 12-point proposal to end Russia's war along the current front lines. Details: According to people familiar with the matter, the implementation of the proposed plan will be overseen by a peace board chaired by US President Donald Trump.

Measures to be discussed on Friday follow Ukraine’s insistence that talks to end war should be based on current frontline

Europe is "no longer at peace" with Russia, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said. Newsweek has reached out to the Russian foreign ministry for comment via email.

Only Russia friendly Hungary and Slovakia, refused to back the bill, which terminates Russian pipeline and liquified natural gas imports.

More than three and a half years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe is still grappling with its energy security by diversifying its oil and gas imports away from Moscow and toward other markets.

European nations are working with Ukraine on a 12-point proposal to end Russia's war along current battle lines, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. A peace board chaired by U.S. President Donald Trump would oversee the implementation of the proposed plan,

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