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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Sam Kiley

Europe needs to shove Trump aside – it has the power to stop Putin in Ukraine and it must use it

There is no reason why Ukraine should entertain a Russian-American proposal that will not bring peace to the country, largely because it is far from clear how the US could enforce such a plan.

Indeed, now is the time to ditch the White House altogether and for Europe – dismissed by the US president as “weak” – to take the lead.

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