Two police officers killed by Moscow bomb, Zelenskyy reveals 20-point peace plan

Three people were killed by a bomb in Moscow on Wednesday after two police officers approached a man acting suspiciously near the site where a senior general was killed two days ago by a car bomb that Russia said was planted by Ukrainian intelligence.

A string of Russian military figures and high-profile supporters of the conflict in Ukraine have been assassinated during the nearly four-year-old conflict. Ukrainian military intelligence has said it was responsible for a number of the attacks.

Russia's State Investigative Committee said that when two police officers approached a man who was acting strangely, they were killed by an explosive device, adding that a third person was also killed. It did not specify who the third person was.

It said it opened criminal cases under clauses dealing with the murder of law enforcement officers and the illegal trafficking of bombs.

Unofficial Russian Telegram news channels said the bomber was one of those killed and that he detonated the bomb when approached by the officers. News agencies could not independently confirm those details.

The blast took place very close to where Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff's army operational training directorate, was killed on Monday.

Russia said it suspected Ukraine was behind the killing. There was no official comment from Ukraine.

"There was an explosion," said Alexander, a resident who lives nearby. "It was a loud bang – like with the car a few days ago."

Another resident named Roza said she was woken up by the explosion in the early hours and that the entire building appeared to shake.

Zelenskyy seeks meeting with Trump to discuss territory 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for a meeting with US President Donald Trump to hammer out the most sensitive issues in a future peace deal with Russia, such as control of territory, following the latest round of US-Ukrainian talks.

In remarks to reporters released by his office on Wednesday, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian and US delegations had inched closer to finalizing a 20-point plan at the talks over the weekend in Miami.

"This is a document referred to as a framework – a foundational document on ending the war, a political document between us, America, Europe, and the Russians," Zelenskyy said.

"We are ready for a meeting with the United States at the leaders' level to address sensitive issues. Matters such as territorial questions must be discussed at the leaders' level."

Zelenskyy said that the latest 20-point framework draft was a considerable evolution compared with the 28-point plan discussed earlier by the US and Russia.

Ukrainian and US officials also worked on several documents related to post-war reconstruction and investment, Zelenskyy said – but despite the progress, Ukraine and the United States still have not found common ground on territorial issues.

Zelenskyy said that Kyiv's proposal was "to remain where we are", halting fighting at current battle lines. Moscow, whose forces have been slowly advancing, wants Kyiv to withdraw troops from all of the eastern Donetsk region, around a quarter of which is still under Ukrainian control.

Zelenskyy said Washington was trying to find a compromise and looking to establish a demilitarized zone or a free economic zone in the area.

There was also no agreement on the fate of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Zelenskyy said. Europe's largest nuclear power plant is located in territory under Russian military control near the front line. 

The new 20-point proposal would be studied by Moscow, Zelenskyy said, and then the next steps would be determined.

"We are saying: if all regions are included and if we remain where we are, then we will reach an agreement," Zelenskyy said.

"But if we do not agree to remain where we are, there are two options: either the war continues, or something will have to be decided regarding all potential economic zones."

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been briefed by envoy Kirill Dmitriev on the trip to the United States and Moscow will now formulate its position on the latest US proposals, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to be drawn on Russia's reaction to the proposals, or the exact format of the documents, saying that the Kremlin was not going to communicate via the media on such issues.