A draft proposal to end the war in Ukraine advanced by the Trump administration has drew swift resistance from Ukraine and several of its European allies on Thursday.

The plan, developed by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and shared privately with Ukrainian officials in recent days, reportedly includes provisions that would significantly downsize its military, forgo certain long-range weapons, accept Russian control over occupied territory and require Ukraine to withdraw from the roughly 14% the Donbas region that is not under Russian control. That region would reportedly become a demilitarized zone under the plan.

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