American diplomats said Donald Trump was trying to achieve peace ‘with an incredible sense of momentum’

EU leaders are scrambling to respond to the US-led proposal for ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine, amid signs that the US president, Donald Trump, and his administration want to progress the deal to an “aggressive timeline”.

But a number of points in the draft deal appear to violate Ukraine’s longstanding red lines , and clash with the EU’s and European Nato member’s interests.