Eleanor Beardsley

And I spoke with Mikhailo Samus, director of a geopolitical research network in Ukraine.

He says not only will Putin never stop, but Ukraine will never give away territory in the eastern Donbass region that the Russians are demanding.

He says there is no possibility of a long-term peace document.

Here he is.

No, Putin, the dying doesn't affect him.

In fact, Zelensky and analysts confirmed this, that in the month of October alone, 25,000 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine.

That doesn't affect Putin.

They hide it from the Russian public anyway.

I think Secretary of State Marco Rubio's comments yesterday from Washington are the most telling.

Rubio said the conflict in Ukraine is not our war and President Trump has a million other things to focus on.

So there you go.

Thanks, A.

Analysts say Russian President Vladimir Putin likely will not sign any draft that has the Ukrainian green light, as the Kremlin has changed none of its maximalist demands.

It wants Ukraine to give up territory Russia has been unable to take on the battlefield.

We act in a heroic way, carefully.

Speaking to reporters, Putin blamed the Europeans for blocking peace, saying they had changed the draft proposal to make it unacceptable for Russia and would blame Russia if it fails.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking from Ireland, said Ukrainians need certainty and guarantees and that joining the EU would be a guarantee of certainty for the Ukrainian people.

Eleanor Beardsley in Pyar News, Kyiv.

Zelensky and President Macron spoke to the media.

Through an interpreter, Macron said Russia has rejected every one of Trump's peace proposals.