Donald Trump is reportedly prepared to recognize Russia’s control over Crimea and other occupied parts of Ukraine as part of a broader deal to end the war. Such a move would break with long-standing American diplomatic practice and has caused frustration in several European countries. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, through his chief of staff Andriy Yermak – who, according to Ukrainian media, is the subject of corruption allegations and was subjected to a raid on Friday morning – has made it clear that there will be no territorial concessions.

According to reports to the British The Telegraph, US President Donald Trump sent his special envoy for peace Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to Moscow to present a direct proposal to President Vladimir Putin. The proposal entails that the US would