Donald Trump is running again as a candidate in the upcoming US presidential election. Earlier this year, Trump boasted that he could end the Ukraine war in 24 hours.
Washington Post now made the Republican's alleged plans public - and the reaction from Moscow followed promptly. Trump's proposal is for Ukraine to cede Crimea and Donbass to Russia. That would be a drastic departure from previous US policy. Another point in the Republican’s alleged “peace plan’: limiting NATO expansion. A spokesman for Trump's campaign dismissed the report as “fake news," the New York Post reported. Russia was initially cautious about the alleged proposal. The Kremlin is aware of the speculation about Trump's intentions, the Kremlin press office said in response to a query from the US magazine. So far, however, “no initiatives have been announced by Donald Trump.” Without further details and confirmation, the alleged plan would be “impossible” to evaluate, Moscow said. NATO is therefore already working on making the Ukraine aid “Trump-proof”