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Trump would press Ukraine to give up territory if re-elected - report

His proposal is that Ukraine should cede Crimea and the Donbas border region to Russia, the Washington Post said.

The paper cited "people who discussed it with Trump or his advisers and spoke on condition of anonymity".

It would be a major change to the policy pursued by President Biden, who has provided Ukraine with military aid.

According to the Post, some of the former president's supporters have been trying to talk him out of the plan, given its potential geopolitical ramifications.

Fiona Hill, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who was Trump's top Russia adviser and has since emerged as a prominent critic, told the Post that Mr Trump's team was "thinking about this very much in silos, that this is just a Ukraine-Russia thing.

"They think of it as a territorial dispute, rather than one about the whole future of European security and the world order by extension," she added.

A further, major US package for Ukraine has been held up in the House of Representatives for weeks.

Infighting among Republicans who control the House, and a threat to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, could cause further delays, Reuters has reported.

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