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Zelenskyy says Ukraine has sent proposals to US to end war with Russia

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 504 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine has sent proposals to US to end war with Russia Ukrainian president also says Russia will use its parliamentary election next month as a pretext to declare a new mobilisation.

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What happened

Zelenskyy says Ukraine has sent proposals to US to end war with Russia Ukrainian president also says Russia will use its parliamentary election next month as a pretext to declare a new mobilisation.

Why it matters

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Kyiv has handed the United States new proposals aimed at ending the four-and-a-half-year war with Russia.

Common ground

The announcement on Tuesday came amid suggestions by both Ukraine and Russia that US negotiators would soon pay a visit to their two countries.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Russian President Vladimir Putin “plans an additional rapid mobilisation of several hundred thousand Russians by the end of the year, plus another similar number next year””
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Three independent sources (Axar.Az, Al Jazeera, and another web result) quote Zelenskyy stating that Putin plans to mobilize several hundred thousand Russians by the end of the year and another similar number next year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The family of Vladimir Putin, president of Russia who has served in office from 2000 to 2008 and since 2012, comes from the Russian peasantry. Spiridon Putin (1879–1965) was a cook in Gorky (now known…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Vladimir_Putin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Opposition to the government of President Vladimir Putin in Russia, commonly referred to as the Russian opposition, can be divided between the parliamentary opposition parties in the State Duma and th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_Vladimir_Putin_i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 1999, Vladimir Putin has continuously served as either president (acting president from 1999 to 2000; two terms 2000–2008, three terms 2012–present) or Prime Minister of Russia (three months in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_under_Vladimir_Putin
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Claim 2: “Zelenskyy also accused Russia of preparing to use its parliamentary elections next month as a pretext for another large-scale military mobilisation.”
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Multiple sources (señal de seguridad, other web results) report Zelenskyy's accusation that Russia plans to use parliamentary elections (scheduled for September) as a pretext for mobilization.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 28, 2025, U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. vice president JD Vance held a highly contentious bilateral meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy inside the Oval Office at th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Trump–Zelenskyy_Oval_Offi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oleksandr Semenovych Zelenskyy (Ukrainian: Олександр Семенович Зеленський; born 23 December 1947) is a Ukrainian mining scientist and mathematician, who specializes in the automation of geological and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandr_Zelenskyy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
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Claim 3: “US President Donald Trump announced that Russia has released former US Marine Robert Gilman after four years in detention.”
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Multiple news sources (Google News, other web results) confirm that Donald Trump announced the release of former US Marine Robert Gilman after four years of detention.
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web search NEUTRAL — BREAKING: Russia has released former US Marine Robert Gilman from prison Trump announced the news. According to him, Putin agreed to release Gilman on humanitarian grounds, without an exchange for a R…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Image shared by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.Gilman was arrested and detained in Russia in 2022, accused of assaulting a police officer following an incident on a train in Voronezh, to the south …
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/08/11/russia-frees-forme…
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web search NEUTRAL — In brief: Russia released former US Marine Robert Gilman on Tuesday, Aug 11, after four years in captivity. Gilman was detained in January 2022, following an incident in Voronezh, where he allegedly a…
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/82158
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Claim 4: “Kyiv has handed the United States new proposals aimed at ending the four-and-a-half-year war with Russia.”
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Multiple independent web sources (Jarida Today, eutoday.net) confirm that President Zelenskyy stated Ukraine has submitted new proposals to the US to end the war.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States has supported Ukraine during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022, was condemned by the Biden administration, which provided…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_Russo-Uk…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Russia–United States Summit (also known as the Trump–Putin Summit in Alaska) was a summit meeting between United States president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin. It was hel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Russia–United_States_summ…
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Claim 5: “US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were last in Moscow in January and have not yet visited Kyiv.”
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Two independent sources (#Mezha and Anadolu Ajansı) explicitly state that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were last in Moscow in January and have not yet visited Kyiv.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman, investor, government official and politician. Through his marriage to Ivanka Trump, he is the son-in-law of the 45th and 47th pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steven Charles Witkoff (born March 15, 1957) is an American real estate investor and former attorney who is the founder of the Witkoff Group. Since 2025, Witkoff has served as the United States specia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff
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Claim 6: “Trump said Putin agreed to free the 32-year-old “on a humanitarian basis” and that Washington released no prisoners in return.”
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Multiple sources confirm Robert Gilman was released on humanitarian grounds/pardon and that no prisoner exchange took place.
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web search NEUTRAL — Former US Marine Robert Gilman has been released from Russian custody after four years, following a humanitarian pardon by President Putin due to Gilman's deteriorating health and diplomatic pressure.
https://d33gy59ovltp76.cloudfront.net/news/putin-pardons-ail…
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web search NEUTRAL — Robert Gilman was released on humanitarian grounds with no prisoner exchange after intervention by the White House.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article…
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web search NEUTRAL — Robert Gilman, before and after being jailed in Russia. Robert Gilman, a former United States Marine, was released from Russian custody on Tuesday after spending 1,666 days in detention.
https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/robert-gilman-marine-russia…
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Claim 7: “Gilman was detained in Russia in January 2022 after an alleged altercation with a police officer and was later designated by Washington as wrongfully detained.”
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Although the specific 'evidence' section for claim 8 says 'No evidence found', the evidence provided for claims 6 and 7 explicitly mentions Gilman was detained in January 2022 in Voronezh following an alleged assault on a police officer.
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Claim 8: “Talks to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began in 2022, have largely stalled since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran.”
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While Wikipedia and web results confirm the invasion began in 2022, the claim that talks stalled because the US and Israel 'launched their war on Iran' is contradicted by Wikipedia evidence describing '2025-2026 Iran-United States negotiations' aimed at a 'nuclear peace agreement', suggesting diplomatic engagement rather than a launched war.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been several rounds of peace talks to end the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war since it began with Russia's invasion in February 2022. Russia's president Vladimir Putin seeks recognition of all …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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Claim 9: “Russia says it wants a settlement, but any solution must involve Ukraine fully ceding four regions Moscow claims”
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Al Jazeera and Medium both report that Russia's condition for a settlement involves Ukraine ceding four regions (specifically identified as Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson).
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine has repeatedly called for a ceasefire after years of fighting. Russia says it wants a settlement, but any solution must involve Ukraine fully ceding four regions Moscow claims as well as resol…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/12/zelenskyy-says-ukra…
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web search NEUTRAL — Before Witkoff flew to St. Petersburg, Reuters says that Witkoff met with Trump and others and proposed a plan for Ukraine to permanently cede four eastern oblasts (Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and…
https://medium.com/@greentransportation/usas-witkoff-negotia…
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web search NEUTRAL — On Friday, a Ukrainian source had described the Russian conditions as “non-starters” but had not provided specific details at the time.The U.S. draft had only proposed legal recognition of Crimea and …
https://www.firstpost.com/world/ceasefire-talks-stall-as-rus…
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