Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine is ready to freeze the war along the current front line but will not agree to ceding additional territory to Russia. The Zelensky peace proposal was made in an interview with ABC News reported on 24 October 2026, according to AzerNEWS.
Zelensky confirmed he was ready to sign a peace agreement as early as today, the report said. According to the Ukrainian leader, Russia currently controls more than 19 percent of Ukraine’s territory.
No further territorial concessions
Kyiv is prepared to agree to a cessation of hostilities along the existing front line, but it rejects any arrangement that would transfer additional Ukrainian territory under Moscow’s control, Zelensky said, according to AzerNEWS.
The proposal would effectively freeze the conflict at the positions held by the two sides, leaving the status of occupied territories unresolved, the report said. Any such arrangement would depend on negotiations and the terms of a potential peace agreement.
Zelensky also expressed dissatisfaction with the level of support provided by the United States, suggesting Washington’s assistance has fallen short of Ukraine’s expectations. I feel what I feel. This is not support, he said, according to the report.
Reaction and next steps
Officials in Kyiv have long said any freeze must not reward aggression, and Zelensky’s remarks highlight willingness to consider ending active fighting along the current line of contact while maintaining opposition to further concessions.
Moscow has not publicly accepted the proposal in the reports available on Saturday, officials noted. Previous ceasefire and peace proposals in the war have stalled over territory, security guarantees and the sequencing of any deal.
Analysts said a freeze, if agreed, would still leave major questions unanswered, including the status of occupied areas, the return of displaced people and future security arrangements for Ukraine.
Diplomatic sources said any freeze proposal would need detailed talks on monitoring, security guarantees and the future of occupied territory, and they cautioned that a public statement of readiness to sign was only a first step, not an agreement, until Moscow responded and negotiators set out enforceable terms.
