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US and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine that would require Kyiv to cede territory and severely cut the size of its military, it was reported on Wednesday, in a development that Kyiv will probably view as surrender.

News of the plan, reportedly developed by Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev, broke after Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least 25 people in the city of Ternopil.

The Financial Times and Reuters reported that the proposal would force Ukraine to surrender territory in its east and halve the size of its army, as well as limit US military assistance.

Is this plan formally backed by the Trump administration? That’s still unclear, as Witkoff and Dmitriev have created

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