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We agree with Prime Minister Mark Carney, European leaders and Japan that by supporting US President Donald Trump's efforts to stop Russia's invasion of Ukraine, his 28-point peace plan need a job.
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Trump's warning that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has until Thursday—US Thanksgiving—to get over it, it's unreal given that, as it stands, it gives Russian President Vladimir Putin most of what he wants.
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That is, the annexation of new territory in the Donbass that Ukraine now holds in addition to Crimea, which Putin invaded and annexed in 2014; cut the size of the Ukrainian military by almost a third to 600,000 and ensure that Ukraine never joins NATO.
Moscow Times On Friday it was reported that Putin spoke about Trump's plan “could lay the groundwork for a final peace settlementAlthough the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, Alexey Zhuravlev, said that the war will end only if Ukraine surrenders, since “any other outcome will simply postpone the confrontation.”
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Trump also sent out mixed messages, telling CNN that his peace plan was “…not my last sentenceBut if Zelensky rejects this, “then he can continue to fight as hard as he can.”
All of this puts Zelensky between a rock and a hard place, opposing key parts of Trump's proposed peace plan to end the conflict while not wanting to offend the US president in a war in which the Ukrainian leader is relying on his support.
That said, and given Carney's position that Trump's plan needs more refinement, what is his plan to end the conflict in a war now in its fourth year since Putin's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022?
Canada has provided $22 billion in aid to Ukraine since the conflict began, including more than $12.4 billion in direct financial support, the largest per capita financial contribution among G7 countries, according to CEO Carney.
Although Ukraine has fought valiantly, the idea that it can defeat Russia on the battlefield is unrealistic, given that Putin is clearly willing to fight the war for as long as it takes to achieve victory.
With that in mind, what would be Canada's view of what an acceptable end to the conflict would look like, if not what Trump has proposed?
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