French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz discussed Ukraine with US President Donald Trump in a 40-minute phone call"to try to move forward", the Élysée Palace said Wednesday. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv would send US negotiators an updated plan to end the war with Russia, after it was amended following talks with European allies. Follow our liveblog for more.

Yesterday's key developments:

• Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he intends to send an updated plan to end the war with Russia to Washington after it was amended following talks with European allies. 
• In an interview with Politico released Tuesday, US President Donald Trump pressed Zelensky to accept the US proposal that Ukraine cede territory to Russia, arguing Moscow has the “upper hand” in its nearly 4-year-old invasion, and that Zelensky’s government must “play ball".