The gathering in South Africa comes as US President Donald Trump gives Ukraine until Thursday to agree to the deal.

In a 10-minute speech outside the presidential palace in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said Ukraine had an impossible choice. It could keep its national dignity or risk losing a major partner in the shape of a US administration apparently determined to end the conflict on Moscow’s brutal terms.

President Donald Trump has given Ukraine less than a week to accept his plan to end the war with Russia, which is widely seen as favoring Moscow. Follow for live updates.

The president of Ukraine is facing a confluence of crises testing his ability to lead an increasingly weary nation nearly four years into a devastating full-scale invasion by Russia.

Ret. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, the Trump special envoy for Ukraine, describes what's next in the effort to bring an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine on 'My View with Lara Trump.'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told his country in an address Friday that it could face a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving the American support it needs,