More details are emerging from a 28-point peace plan backed by United States President Donald Trump aimed at ending Russia’s four-year war on Ukraine, with several media outlets and officials confirming that the plan, which has yet to be officially published, appears to favour Russia.Details of the plan also come after US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, told the UN Security Council on Thursday afternoon that the US had offered “generous terms for Russia, including sanctions relief”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“The United States has invested at the highest levels, the president of the United States personally, to end this war,” Waltz told the council.In the meantime, Russia’s unrelenting attacks on Ukraine continue. A Russian strike on the city of Zaporizhia in southern Ukraine late on Thursday killed five people and wounded three others, emergency services said. Russia has been gaining ground in the Zaporizhia region that houses the southeastern Ukrainian city that straddles both banks of the Dnipro River.The AFP news agency reported on Friday that the plan, which the US views as a “working document”, says that “Crimea, Lugansk [Luhansk] and Donetsk will be recognised as de facto Russian, including by the United States”.This corresponds with an earlier report from US media outlet Axios.The Associated Press (AP) news agency also reported on Friday that the plan would require Ukraine to surrender the Donbas, which includes the Luhansk and Donetsk regions t …
