Ukraine called on its partners to respect its position as work continues on the technical level to study a U.S.-backed plan to end the war, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday.

Rustem Umerov, the secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, said that Ukraine’s unchanging principles were “sovereignty, the safety of people, and a just peace”.

“We are carefully studying all of our partners’ proposals and expect the same proper attitude towards Ukraine’s position,” Umerov said in a statement on the Telegram app.

According to the U.S.-backed plan, seen by Reuters, Kyiv would be required to cede the entire Donbas region and downsize its military, conditions long seen by Ukraine’s allies as tantamount to capitulation.

The plan says Ukraine would have to limit its army to 600

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