President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine risks losing its dignity and freedom - or Washington's backing - over a US peace plan that endorses key Russian demands.

US President Donald Trump told Fox News Radio he believed next Thursday was an appropriate deadline for Kyiv to accept the plan.

Trump later told reporters that time was short given the approaching winter and need to end the bloodshed and that Zelenskiy would have to approve the plan.

"He'll have to like it, and if he doesn't like it, then you know, they should just keep fighting, I guess," he said.

"At some point he's going to have to accept something he hasn't accepted."

Recalling his fractious February meeting with Zelenskiy, Trump added: "You remember right in the Oval Office, not so long ago, I said, 'You don't have th

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