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He said, if our partners, including our key partner in Washington, are speaking so concretely about elections in Ukraine under martial law, we must provide responses to every question and every doubt.
Voting safely under near-constant Russian attacks is a main concern.
Security depends on our partners, Zelensky said.
News media say the proposal, drafted by Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, along with Kremlin negotiator Kirill Dmitriev, would amount to a capitulation by Ukraine if adopted.
Media reports say the plan includes demands that Ukraine surrender territory, cut its military, give up some weapons...
and drop its bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
These demands give Russia far more than was discussed in earlier rounds of negotiations.
Writing on social media, Zelensky's office confirmed receiving a, quote, draft plan that, according to the American side, could activate diplomacy, but did not comment on the details of the plan.
It took 15 months, used about 1,000 hours of wiretaps.
There were seven alleged participants, including Timur Mindich.
He's a close business associate of Zelensky's.
Investigators say this group manipulated contracts at Enerhoatom, which is Ukraine's state nuclear energy company, and they got kickbacks laundering roughly $100 million.
The scandal has forced the resignation of two ministers in Zelensky's government so far, but Zelensky has not been implicated in this probe, and he is calling for the prosecution of those accused of committing crimes.
It took 15 months, used about 1,000 iris of wiretaps.
There were seven alleged participants, including Timur Mindich.