Eleanor Beardsley

Shkaryupa says people here feel betrayed by the U.S.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Ternopil, Ukraine.

In the western city of Ternopil, bulldozers sift through rubble looking for bodies at an apartment block hit by Russian missiles this week.

More than 30 people were killed, including several children.

Others are still missing.

Since Russia's full-scale invasion, thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been killed.

Resident Inga Shkarupa says the U.S.

peace plan is pro-Russian and done behind Ukraine's back.

Shkarupa says people here feel betrayed by the U.S.,

Lviv resident Rustam Gadziv says President Volodymyr Zelensky will push for a better deal, but he may have no choice but to sign Trump's plan.

He says even though the 28-point plan drafted without the input of Ukraine or the Europeans is hugely in Russia's favor, Vladimir Putin will be back.

Ukrainians feel increasingly alone, says Gadziv, as the U.S.

tightens the screws and European allies don't seem strong enough to counter this lopsided plan with a just peace.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Lviv, Ukraine.

Neither Ukraine nor the Europeans knew anything about the 28-point plan, which would require Kyiv to surrender significant territory, reduce the size of its military and relinquish weapons.

Ukraine may find itself facing a very difficult choice, said Zelensky, either the loss of dignity or the risk of losing a key partner.

Zelensky has been trying to negotiate in good faith with the Trump administration, but Ukrainians call this deal a plan for capitulation.

European leaders are scrambling to come up with a response.

They say a just peace can only happen with Ukraine and the EU at the negotiating table.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Lviv, Ukraine.