In his first public comments about the latest U.S. push for peace between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian leader described the plan as a list of questions requiring work.

"We need to sit down and discuss this seriously," Putin told reporters at the end of a three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan. He described U.S. President Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan as "a set of issues put forward for discussion" rather than a draft agreement.

Oil prices rose on Thursday as market participants weighed the likelihood that talks to end the war in Ukraine will yield an agreement, with trading volume thin due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.

Ukraine has reaffirmed that it will not surrender any territory to Russia, drawing a hard line even as Moscow signals conditional interest in a new US-backed peace plan. Speaking on Wednesday, senior Ukrainian official Andriy Yermak insisted that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would never approve a deal that hands land to Russia under pressure.

Officials say progress was made in urgent weekend talks on amending the U.S. peace proposal for Ukraine that many saw as favoring Russia. But the Kremlin on Monday said it hadn't seen the changes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin must accept he has no option to leave the war in Ukraine successfully, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, a staunch supporter of Ukraine, has warned the proposal to end the war with Russia could come with consequences.

Russia controls nearly one-fifth of Ukraine's territory. The Russian forces are currently fighting the Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine.