This Week in Explainers: How Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine is falling apart

This Week in Explainers: How Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine is falling apart

Last week, there was hope that the Ukraine war would pause, if not end. Donald Trump was quick to declare peace, but Russia is not in the mood to listen. Vladimir Putin has demands of his own, and clearly, the US president’s plans have been foiled. We talk about the Russia-Ukraine war, the Gaza conflict and more in our weekly roundup

A service member of of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops near a front line. Peace seems elusive as Russia’s Vladimir Putin outlines a plan that involves the surrender of Donbas and no Nato membership for Ukraine. File photo/Reuters