Nigel Farage breaks silence on Ukraine peace plan – ‘Unacceptable’ Trump demand | Politics | News
Nigel Farage broke his silence on Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan for Ukraine and criticized the US President’s “unacceptable” demand. Mr Trump’s proposed plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war has faced widespread criticism, most notably from Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukraine’s President has warned that his country faces a choice between losing its honor, as outlined in the peace plan, or risk losing an important partner. “Today is one of the most difficult moments in our history,” he said in a 10-minute speech to the nation from outside the presidential palace in Kiev. Reform UK leader Mr Farage has now gone to X to make clear his feelings on Mr Trump’s Ukraine peace plan.
He wrote: “It is unacceptable that Ukraine is being asked to halve the size of its army.
“Waiting to see @ZelenskyyUa government’s counteroffer.”
Accordingly TelegramMr Farage’s remarks came as a rare public rebuke of the US President. They represent a significant strengthening of Labour’s support for Ukraine in the face of attempts to portray itself as sympathetic to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
The widely leaked plan includes proposals that Kiev has previously rejected, such as ceding parts of the eastern Donetsk region it still controls to Russia, reducing the size of the army to 600,000 troops and promising not to join NATO.
It also includes a US guarantee that if Russia re-occupies Ukraine, it would trigger a “decisive, coordinated military response” and sanctions would be reimposed on Moscow.
Mr Farage’s comments came as Mr Trump himself broke his silence on the 28-point plan.
“We have a plan. What’s happening is terrible. This is a war that should never have happened,” Mr. Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday, November 21. “We think there’s a way to make peace. He’ll have to approve it.”
Later, the US President was asked about the criticisms regarding the 28-item plan. Mr Trump replied: “You mean that [Zelensky] Didn’t like it? He’ll have to like it and if he doesn’t then I guess they just have to keep fighting.
“At some point he’s going to have to admit something. You may remember I said in the Oval Office not long ago, ‘You don’t have the cards.’.
“I inherited this war. I thought he should have made a deal a year ago, two years ago,” he added.
