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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Sarah Shamim

Why has Russia rejected Trump’s Ukraine truce plan?

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, December 25, 2024 [Handout/Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk region via Reuters]

Russia has trashed a plan pitched by US President-elect Donald Trump’s team to end the Russia-Ukraine war by deferring Kyiv’s NATO membership in exchange for a ceasefire, according to Russian state-owned media.

Trump’s win in the November presidential election, his repeated criticism of Ukraine and United States funding for Kyiv, and his promise to end the war within a day, once in power, have prompted concerns among NATO allies about the compromises he might demand of Ukraine.

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