Despite meeting Donald Trump in the Vatican at the Pope's funeral, Volodymyr Zelensky is resisting a US peace proposal issued as an ultimatum to Kyiv and Moscow. The Times' Diplomatic Editor Roger Boyes argues that Trump's desire for a victory lap before his 100th day in office is putting the Ukrainian president in an untenable position.

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