"Now is one of the most difficult moments of our history," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says. Photo: EPA PHOTO

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.

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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.

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