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Home / Ukraine-Russia / Donald Trump’s Ukraine ‘one day’ peace plan just smashed into reality
Ukraine‑Russia, Europe and Eurasia, Russia, Ukraine

December 31, 2024

Donald Trump’s Ukraine ‘one day’ peace plan just smashed into reality

By Daniel Davis

Donald Trump has been clear since the early part of his presidential campaign that he would end the Ukraine war “in one day.”

He has been even more emphatic about seeking a negotiated settlement since winning the election.

But now, barely three weeks before assuming office, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has publicly put the kibosh on the plan advocated by Trump’s Special Envoy to Ukraine and Russia, retired General Kieth Kellogg.

What does that rejection signal for the likely ending of the Russia-Ukraine War?

Read at 19FortyFive

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