Ukraine's frontline soldiers have reacted to draft US peace proposals with a mixture of defiance, anger and resignation.
The BBC spoke to half a dozen who sent us their views via social media and email in response to the original US plan – details of which were leaked last week.
Since then, American and Ukrainian negotiators have been working on changes to the proposals and are set to continue talks about the peace framework.
Of the original US plan, Yaroslav, in eastern Ukraine, says it sucks… no one will support it while an army medic with the call sign Shtutser dismissed it as an absolutely disgraceful draft of a peace plan, unworthy of our attention.
But one soldier with the call sign Snake told us it's time to agree at least on something.
This is what the soldiers who spoke to the BBC had to say about some of the key points in the original US draft peace plan.
Giving up territory
The US put forward a draft peace proposal at a time when Russia is making significant advances on the battlefield. Over the past month alone Ukraine has lost a further 450 sq km to Russia.
Kyiv still controls around 15% of the Donbas region, the eastern part of Ukraine encompassing the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts which is a key war goal for Russia. But the original US plan proposes that Ukraine give up the entire region - even parts it has successfully defended for nearly four years of full-scale war.
Let them take it, Snake told the BBC. There's practically no one left in the cities and villages… We're not fighting for the people but for the land, while losing more people.
Andrii, an officer in Ukraine's general staff, says that what is being proposed for Luhansk and Donetsk is painful and difficult but he suggests the country may have no other choice.
Cutting the size of Ukraine's armed forces
The US draft peace plan envisages limiting the size of Ukraine's armed forces to 600,000. That is still significantly more than before the full-scale invasion when its full-time strength was around 250,000, but smaller than its current size. The most recent estimates suggest Ukraine's military strength is more than 800,000.
Snake believes the country will need many of those currently in uniform to help rebuild Ukraine when the war ends. What's the point of having so many people in the army if there will be security guarantees? he asks.
Andrii the staff officer agrees. If there are security guarantees, then of course there's no point in keeping such a large army, he says. People are tired and want to return to their families. There's no reason to keep them in a peacetime army after the war. He believes Ukraine's economy would be unable to sustain such large armed forces in peacetime.
Security guarantees
Ukraine's willingness to agree to the proposals will depend on its future security guarantees.
The US draft plan rules out Ukraine's membership of Nato, but not of the European Union. There is a promise of US security guarantees if Russia were to attack again, though no further detail on the measure of that support. The draft also rules out the presence of Nato forces in Ukraine, if there is a deal.
Some soldiers express that the presence of foreign troops in the country is an important security guarantee. Yevhen, a drone operator in eastern Ukraine, states: I like the UK's plan to put troops into Ukraine [through this coalition]. This is the only plan that will help us win, to introduce allied troops.
Fresh elections
The US draft plan sets out a proposal for Ukraine to hold fresh elections within 100 days of the end of the war. But there are signs of growing frustration with the current government which faces serious allegations of corruption. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) is investigating allegations of corruption involving individuals profiting from contracts in the energy sector.
Amid this context, soldiers have expressed support for fresh elections, citing the need to cleanse the government of corruption. Despite their frustrations over the current proposals, there's a desire among many for an end to the fighting.
