Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service coming live from London.
This is Owen Bennett Jones.
Well, after the August Trump-Putin summit,
it looked like President Putin was the one who was being intransigent.
Now with the US backing many long-standing Russian demands as the basis of a ceasefire,
it's the other way around.
President Zelensky, if Ukraine is the one who might end up being seen to resist a deal.
The Russian US plan to end the war in Ukraine includes Ukraine giving away land it currently holds and reducing its military capacity.
It's got a deadline to accept of six days,
although there are now reports that the US and Ukraine will meet in Switzerland for talks.
President Trump was questioned by reporters about the deal at the White House last night.
President Zelensky said today that his country would risk either giving up to partner or giving up its dignity.
There's been criticism that this deal- Even he doesn't like it?
Well, he'll have to like it.
And if he doesn't like it, then, you know, they should just keep fighting, I guess, you know.
The suggestion that he made, though, was that if he doesn't accept it, that the U.S.
would pull back its support for Ukraine.
Well, at some point, he's going to have to accept something.
You know, he hasn't accepted.
You remember right in the Oval Office, not so long ago, I said, you don't have the cards.