February 12, 2025

BRUSSELS — It was the moment Europeans and Ukrainians have been dreading for months, if not years. 

Yet when it finally came, on a wintry afternoon as Kyiv froze in icy temperatures, the suddenness and scale of Donald Trump’s peace plan still left Ukraine’s allies in shock.

The United States has effectively called time on its support for Ukraine as it resists Russia’s invasion, with Trump announcing immediate negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and telling Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to give up hope of taking back all the land Russia has seized. 

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