KYIV/WASHINGTON/PARIS/BUCHAREST - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday the peace plan prepared by Ukraine and the United States in Geneva could be developed into "deeper agreements".

In an address, Zelensky said he had discussed the plan with Ukraine's negotiating team. "The principles in this document can be developed into deeper agreements. And it is in our shared interest that security is real," he said.

He also voiced hope for continued active cooperation with the US side and US President Donald Trump.

Earlier in the day, Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine's presidential office, said Zelensky wants to meet with Trump to finalize a joint agreement on the terms for ending the Ukraine crisis, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.

Ukrainian and US negotiators reached agreement in principle on most aspects of the US-proposed peace plan, Yermak said, noting that the document was significantly modified from the original 28-point US proposal. However, Zelensky hopes to negotiate territorial issues directly with Trump, Yermak added. 

Trump's special envoy 

Also on Tuesday, Trump said he has directed his special envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in hope of finalizing a peace deal on the Ukraine crisis.

"In the hopes of finalizing this Peace Plan, I have directed my Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with President Putin in Moscow and, at the same time, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll will be meeting with the Ukrainians," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

"The original 28-Point Peace Plan, which was drafted by the United States, has been fine-tuned, with additional input from both sides, and there are only a few remaining points of disagreement," Trump said, adding that his team has made "tremendous progress" over the past week.

Trump said he looks forward to hopefully meeting with Putin and Zelensky soon, but only when the peace deal is final or in its final stages.

The peace plan was unveiled last week.

Following its release, representatives from the United States, Ukraine and several European countries met in Geneva on Sunday to discuss the plan.

On Monday and Tuesday, US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll held talks with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi on the draft, according to a statement from the US Army. 

Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday acknowledged the ongoing work between Ukrainian and American representatives based on the draft, adding that Russia will also take part in talks on the US plan for settling the conflict.

He noted that Trump's peace plan remains a "substantive basis" for potential negotiations on the Ukraine crisis.

"We are interested in achieving our goals through political and diplomatic means and consistently adhere to this position," Peskov said, adding that Russia remains fully open to negotiations on Ukraine.

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France-Britain workshop

French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that France and Britain will launch a workshop to coordinate security guarantees for Ukraine with the involvement of the United States.

He made the remarks after a videoconference of about 30 countries in the "Coalition of the Willing," joined by Zelensky and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Macron said the coming days would be used to define the contributions of the parties ready to provide guarantees once a ceasefire is reached.

France and other European Union members are also working on a plan to provide financial support for Ukraine, Macron said.

Earlier on Tuesday, Macron told the RTL broadcast that France could consider sending troops to Ukraine as part of "reassurance forces" alongside British and Turkish units after a ceasefire. However, he stressed that "the first security guarantee" for Ukraine remains the Ukrainian army.

Romania scrambles jets

Romania scrambled German Eurofighter Typhoon jets and its own F-16 Fighting Falcons on Tuesday morning after two drone intrusions were detected in its airspace near the border with Ukraine, the Ministry of National Defence (MApN) said.

According to MApN, air-defense radars first detected a drone-sized target heading toward Romanian airspace over Tulcea County. A second intrusion was detected over Galati County.

The ministry said the situation was still being monitored and gave no immediate information on who launched the drones or whether any debris had fallen on Romanian territory. MApN noted that Law No 73 of 2025 provides the legal framework for neutralizing unauthorized drones in Romanian airspace, stipulating that any response must prioritize the protection of human life.