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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has once again underlined India’s consistent call for an “early end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict”, amid a dramatic escalation in global diplomatic pressure on Kyiv to accept a controversial US-drafted peace plan.

In a telephonic conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, held on Saturday evening, Jaishankar was briefed on the latest military and political developments. He reaffirmed India’s long-standing position that dialogue, not battlefield escalation, remains the only sustainable route to peace. “Had a telecon with FM @andrii_sybiha of Ukraine last evening. Appreciate his briefing on the ongoing developments related to the Ukraine conflict. Reiterated India’s support for an early end to this conflict and the establishment of an enduring peace,” Jaishankar wrote on X.

Sybiha, in his own post, said Ukraine valued India’s “important role” in shaping a durable settlement, adding that Kyiv had entered a phase of intense diplomatic engagement with its global partners.

Trump Sets Deadline As Kyiv Warns Of ‘Toughest Moment’

The conversation came at a time when Ukraine is under mounting pressure from Washington. US President Donald Trump has urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to accept a 28-point peace plan by November 27, insisting the proposal is the “necessary” path to end the three-year-old war. While Trump said the draft was “not my final offer”, he made it clear that Kyiv risks losing critical intelligence and military support if it rejects the terms.

Zelensky, in a sombre address, warned that Ukraine now faced “one of the most difficult moments in our history”. He said the proposed agreement forces a painful choice between “losing dignity” or risking the loss of a key strategic partner, especially with winter approaching and Russian strikes crippling energy supplies.

What The 28-Point Proposal Reveals

The draft, prepared jointly by US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russia’s Kirill Dmitriev, calls for several sweeping concessions:

• Withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the remaining areas of Donetsk
• Recognition of Russian control over Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea
• Frozen front lines in occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia
• A cap limiting Ukraine’s armed forces to 600,000 troops
• European fighter jets to be based in Poland instead of Ukraine
• Lifting of sanctions on Russia and potential reintegration into the G7

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reassured Zelensky that any settlement must be “just, lasting and acceptable to Ukraine”. While carefully avoiding alignment with any camp, India has maintained steady engagement with both Kyiv and Moscow and positioned itself as a supporter of diplomacy, humanitarian assistance and de-escalation.

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With Washington pushing for rapid closure, Moscow signalling conditional flexibility, and Europe raising red flags, New Delhi’s message remains unchanged that peace must be negotiated, not imposed.

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