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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ben Makuch

Americans helping Ukrainian war effort call US peace plan a ‘betrayal by Trump’

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Police officers walk near a crater in front of a Novus logistics center damaged after a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Americans involved in the Ukrainian war effort are embarrassed and dismayed by Donald Trump’s continuing pressures on Kyiv and think his administration’s latest peace plan is tantamount to backstabbing and another catastrophic failure of US foreign policy.

“Complete bullshit and a betrayal by Trump,” said an American special forces veteran who has helped train and advise the Ukrainian military since the full-scale Russian invasion began in February 2022. “But are you even surprised?”

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