Ukraine has agreed to Donald Trump's peace plan to end the war with Russia, according to a US official.
'The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal,' the official told ABC News. 'There are some minor details to be sorted out but they have agreed to a peace deal.'
The new agreement has been revised from 28 points to a 19-point peace plan that no longer includes amnesty guarantees for atrocities committed during the war, along with limits on the size of Ukraine's military.
The modified plan agreed by US-Ukraine officials will likely be rejected by Vladimir Putin, according to the Washington Post.
'Communication with the American side continues,' Zelensky said in a post on X following a phone call with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday. 'I am grateful for all of America's efforts and personally for President Trump's efforts.'
Trump's special envoy US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll met with the Russian delegation in the United Arab Emirates on Monday for secret talks. The meeting came after Driscoll's weekend talks with Ukraine in Geneva that were aimed with pushing the peace forward, according to a US official.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is currently traveling to the US as the Kremlin reviews the new proposed agreement.
Trump, galvanized by his success in Gaza, ratcheted pressure on Zelensky last week to end the war which has killed 300,000 people since Putin launched his invasion in February 2022.
America's European allies were reportedly left stunned that Trump had threatened to cut intelligence sharing and weapons supplies to press Zelensky into the deal.
The US put the peace plan to Kyiv at the end of last week and set a Thursday deadline for them to sign on the dotted line, sources claimed.
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Tolbert, a US Army spokesman, said: 'Late Monday and throughout Tuesday, Secretary Driscoll and team have been in discussions with the Russian delegation to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine.
'The talks are going well and we remain optimistic. Secretary Driscoll is closely synchronized with the White House and the U.S. interagency as these talks progress.'
Driscoll was elevated by Trump to spearhead negotiations after the president had a private discussion with Vice President JD Vance two weeks ago. A secretary official representing the US military is typically not involved in diplomatic talks.
The ongoing negotiations occur amid the backdrop of brutal overnight bombings in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, with Russian missiles raining destruction own on residential buildings.
Moscow triggered death and terror with new attacks on civilians in Kyiv, killing at least six, including an 86-year-old woman pensioner.
Residents were heard screaming for help after a Shahed drone strike ignited an inferno in a tower block, with two power plants supplying piped hot water heating to homes also destroyed.
A Russian drone penetrated some 50 miles inside independent state Moldova before ending up on the roof of a house in the village of Nizhnie Kugureshty.
Ukraine, meanwhile, responded with their own barrage of aerial attacks on Russia.
Dramatic footage indicated a wonky Russian air defense missile struck a residential building in an horrific new friendly fire incident in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, where a wave of Ukrainian strikes also caused casualties.
Three people were killed and at least 16 injured with residential buildings damaged in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk and the cities of Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar, Russian officials said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that 249 Ukrainian drones were downed over regions overnight, including 116 over the Black Sea, 92 over the southern regions of Krasnodar and Rostov.
The attack on Taganrog came as Russian drones attacking Ukraine's Odesa region flew over Romanian airspace. NATO scrambled four war planes in response.
The Ukrainian strike on Taganrog-Yuzhny airfield hit the Beriev aircraft manufacturing plant, amid indications an A-60 plane designed to carry laser weapons was burning on the tarmac.
Russia has only two such aircraft, based on the Il-76MD.
Unconfirmed reports said a hangar had been hit, believed to be housing a Tu-95MS strategic bomber aircraft undergoing £36 million modernization, a key part of Vladimir Putin's nuclear strike fleet.
A fire was seen close to the runway at the plant which is also used to maintain Putin's Ilyushin Il-80 Maxdome 'Doomsday' aircraft designed for use as a Flying Kremlin in the event of nuclear war.
Governor Veniamin Kondratyev called the night attack 'one of the longest and most massive' during the full-scale war.
Attacks were also recorded in Gelendzhik, where Putin owns a £1 billion private palace, and Tuapse.
In Kyiv, Russia hit two hot water power plants - CHP-5 and CHP-6, and a hydroelectric power station. The city was plunged into power and water outages, as well as transport disruptions.
The attack was evidently aimed at pummeling Ukraine into agreeing an unfavorable peace plan.
Putin's foreign affairs aide Yuri Ushaskov said that British, EU and Ukrainian inspired changes to the original U.S. draft were 'unconstructive'.
On Saturday, leaders from Europe, Canada and Japan signed a joint statement at the G20 summit in South Africa, saying that the peace deal had elements 'essential for a just and lasting peace', but would 'require additional work', citing concerns over territory and limits on Ukraine's army.
