A Russian woman living in the UK has described Donald Trump ‘s proposed peace deal as “disgusting” and said it was doomed to fail because Vladimir Putin “doesn’t want peace”.

An original 28-point proposal – hatched mostly behind closed doors between the US Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin aides Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev – has been roundly criticised as skewed toward Moscow’s interests.

Under the plan, Ukraine would cede large swathes of its territory to Russia, slash the size of its army to 600,000 (from about 880,000), and renounce Nato membership. Among the many other carrots for Russia was diplomatic recognition of its territorial gains, the lifting of sanctions, and a welcome back into the G8. New Feature

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