Europe Scrambles for Time After US Sets Ukraine an Ultimatum

European leaders are desperately trying to buy Ukraine more time to work out a new ceasefire framework with Russia after the Trump administration imposed a Thanksgiving deadline, with top US officials hammering the point that this is turning into an ultimatum.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and leaders in France, Germany and across Europe are rushing to respond to US demands that Ukraine agree to the 28-point plan circulated this week by next Thursday. Their approach, according to people familiar, is careful: how to essentially re-write much of the document but present it as constructive updates.