Ukrainian soldiers see Trump plan as capitulation, even as they dream of peace (www.nbcnews.com)
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“Nobody will make concessions on the territories, because it’s our land and we stand here,” one soldier told NBC News about the proposal’s call for Ukraine to cede land to Russia.

From his position on the eastern front lines, the original peace plan backed by Donald Trump looked more like a proposal for Volodymyr Rzhavskyi’s surrender.

“It’s not a plan. It’s a real capitulation. There is nothing to discuss here,” said Rzhavskyi, a senior sergeant serving near Pokrovsk, a supply hub under intense pressure from Russian forces for some 18 months.

While Ukrainian officials fought for changes to the 28-point plan that emerged last week, NBC News spoke with soldiers in the country’s embattled military who expressed frustration at the idea Moscow would be handed its hard-line demands but also hope that they might soon be able to return to their lives.

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