Republican and Democratic senators alike oppose Trump’s Ukraine peace plan that acquiesces to many Russian calls for

the 28-point peace plan It was drafted by the Trump administration and the Kremlin without Ukraine's participation. He is satisfied with it And many Russian demands have been flatly rejected by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on dozens of occasions, including ceding large portions of territory. Trump says he wants Ukraine to accept the plan by late next week.

Senators' opposition to the plan follows criticism from other US lawmakers, including some Republicans, none of whom have the power to block the plan. The senators, who spoke at an international security conference in Canada, included a Democrat, an independent and a Republican who does not plan to run for re-election next year.

“It rewards aggression,” Independent Senator Angus King said during a panel discussion at the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada. “This is pure and simple. There is no moral, legal, moral or political justification for Russia’s claim to eastern Ukraine.”

King, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, compared the proposal to the Munich Pact that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed with Adolf Hitler in 1938, a historic failed act of appeasement.

Republican Senator Thom Tillis from North Carolina said that Senator Mitch McConnell, the former leader of the Republican Senate, did not go further in his criticism of her. McConnell said in a statement on Friday that “if administration officials are more concerned with appeasing Putin than securing real peace, the president must find new advisers.”

“We shouldn't do anything that makes (Putin) feel like he's winning here,” Tillis said. “Frankly, I think what Mitch said was an understatement.” Tillis announced earlier this year that he would not seek re-election shortly after falling out with the Trump administration over a tax and spending package.

Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called it a “disgrace.”

Putin welcomed the proposal late Friday, saying it “could form the basis for a final peace settlement” if the United States can persuade Ukraine and its European allies to agree.

In a speech, Zelensky did not reject the plan outright, but insisted on fair treatment while vowing to “work quietly” with Washington and other partners in what he called “one of the most difficult moments in our history.”

In its 17th year, about 300 people gather annually for the Halifax International Security Forum held at the Westin Hotel in Halifax. The forum attracts military officials, US senators, diplomats and researchers, but this year the Trump administration suspended the participation of US defense officials in events organized by think tanks, including the Halifax International Security Forum.

A large number of U.S. senators made the trip this year in part because of Trump's souring of relations between Canada and the United States The alienation of America's neighbor With his trade war and his insistence that Canada become one 51st US state. Many Canadians are now refusing to travel to the United States, and border states like New Hampshire, where Shaheen lives, are seeing a dramatic situation. Decrease in tourism.

“There is real concern about this tension,” Shaheen said. “This is one of the reasons why this large delegation is here.” “I will continue to object to what the president is doing with regard to tariffs and his comments because they are not only harmful to Canada and our relationship, but I think they are harmful on a global level. They show a lack of respect for sovereign nations.”