A peace proposal by the Trump administration that includes recognizing Russian authority over Crimea, which it illegally annexed, shocked Ukrainian officials.

A peace proposal by the Trump administration that includes recognizing Russian authority over Crimea shocked Ukrainian officials.

For over a decade, successive U.S. administrations, including Trump’s first, decried Russia’s armed seizure of Crimea in 2014 and said they would never recognize the land grab

Germany's defence minister has warned Ukraine not to agree to a deal which involves sweeping territorial concessions in return for a ceasefire with Russia. Boris Pistorius said Ukraine "should not go as far as the latest proposal by the American president", which he said would amount to a "capitulation".

US president said he thought Ukraine’s Zelensky was ready to concede the peninsula, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014.

President Donald Trump urged Russia on Sunday to stop its attacks in Ukraine and suggested Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was ready to give up Crimea as the price of a peace deal with Russia.