By Daniel OrtonShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberA report by The Daily Telegraph outlining plans by the U.S. to recognize Russia’s control over Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian territories as part of a proposed Trump-led peace deal has sparked alarm among allies and commentators.
According to the Telegraph, U.S. President Donald Trump has dispatched his peace envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner to Moscow to present the proposal directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin—a move that would mark a sharp break with decades of U.S. policy. The plan would effectively legitimize Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk and comes despite unease among European partners.
"If this is true, then we have a major problem, Houston," wrote Estonian lawmaker Marko Mihkelson, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the NATO member's parliament.
U.S. former Illinois Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger shared a post on X from Shaun Pinner, a former British soldier who fought for Ukraine, that said: "Watching Trump casually bargain away territory that isn’t even his to give feels like a deep betrayal."
Newsweek has emailed the White House and the State Department for comment
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