Washington: US President Donald Trump ’s plan to end the war in Ukraine would reportedly require Kyiv to surrender territory to Russia and accept strict limits on the size of its armed forces. These terms are widely expected to be unacceptable to Ukraine and deeply contentious among European allies.

A draft proposal obtained by The Associated Press (AP), said to have emerged from negotiations between Washington and Moscow, appears heavily weighted in Russia’s favour.

Among its provisions, the draft would bar Ukraine from joining NATO and halt any future enlargement of the alliance, a long-standing Russian demand and a major strategic gain for the Kremlin. Russia would also retain all of the eastern Donbas region, despite roughly 14% of it remaining under Ukrainian control. Ukraine’s ar

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