Zelensky didn't reveal much detail about an updated plan, although he said there needed to be more investment for drones.

Andriy Yermak had ensured internal discipline in Ukraine’s wartime politics. He also led the country’s peace negotiations, which now must go on without him.

Zelensky's remarks come after a weekend of deliberation between Ukraine, U.S. officials over a U.S.-drafted peace plan.

US President Donald Trump expressed optimism after a high-level meeting between US officials and a Ukrainian delegation in Miami on Sunday, suggesting there was a “good chance” of a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to work with the US on "their vision" for ending the war with Russia. Under the widely leaked plan, Kyiv would cede significant areas of the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine that it still controls, cut the size of its army, and pledge not to join Nato - proposals it has previously ruled out.

Zelensky has emphasized the need for a "real" and "dignified peace"—one that "will not be broken by a third invasion."

This is not just about ending a war this is about ending a war in a way that creates a mechanism and a way forward that will allow them to be independent and sovereign and never have

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to meet Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin in Dublin on Tuesday. It will be the first official visit to Ireland by a Ukrainian president and first lady.

US and Ukrainian officials have completed four hours of talks aimed at ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, just days before a US envoy is due in Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin.Secretary of state Marco Rubio told reporters afterwards that the session with the Ukrainian team in Florida was productive but work remains in the search for a peace deal.