Ukraine and Western governments want Russia to agree to an immediate, unconditional ceasefire lasting at least 30 days, but a Ukrainian source said Russia's demands were too much.

* International recognition that five parts of Ukraine -- the Crimea peninsula annexed in 2014, as well as the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions -- are Russian. The U.S. draft had proposed only U.S. de jure recognition for Crimea, and U.S. de facto recognition for Russian-controlled parts of the other regions.

Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrii Sybiha, said the only real indicator that Russia is ready to end the war is its agreement to an unconditional, full, and durable ceasefire. Sybiha said the outcomes of this week's intense diplomacy can be viewed from three perspectives: Ukrainian,