Pecohub Pope Leo has hit out at President Donald Trump’s Russia-Ukraine peace proposal and has warned that the administration risks destroying the longstanding alliance between Europe and the United States.
As Ukraine faces growing pressure from the U.S. to accept major territorial losses and other concessions as a trade-off for Russia to end its years-long incursion, the pope has weighed in with a stinging rebuke to America’s approach. “Unfortunately, some parts of it that I have seen make a huge change in what was, for many, many years, a true alliance between Europe and the United States,” he said after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine will not give up any territory to Russia and plans to present an updated peace plan to the U.S. as soon as Wednesday. At the same time, President Trump is urging Kyiv to “play ball,” while Pope Leo XIV warns that Trump’s rhetoric is straining the U.S.-Europe alliance over the war.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Zelenskyy said Russia is “insisting” that Ukraine give up land. However, he said that Kyiv “doesn’t want to give up anything” and legally can’t under Ukraine’s constitution and international law. He added that Ukraine also has no “moral right” to surrender territory.
Zelenskyy said negotiators are now working from three updated documents: a broad outline of proposed steps, a draft on security guarantees and a recovery plan.
He said Ukraine’s updated proposal may be handed to the U.S. on Wednesday. He wrote on X that Kyiv is “ready to present” its ideas to American partners and wants to make any potential steps “as doable as possible.”
Today, we already discussed with our negotiating team the results of yesterday’s work in London, which was conducted at the level of the National Security Advisors of our European partners. This was agreed upon yesterday at the leadersʼ level.
We are working very actively on…
