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U.S. senators critical of聽聽to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday that the peace plan he is pushing Kyiv to accept would only reward Moscow for its aggression and send a message to other leaders who have threatened their neighbors.

罢丑别听聽was crafted by the Trump administration and the Kremlin without Ukraine鈥檚 involvement.聽聽many Russian demands that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has categorically rejected on dozens of occasions, including giving up large pieces of territory. Trump says he wants Ukraine to accept the plan by late next week.

The senators' opposition to the plan follows criticism from other U.S. lawmakers, including some Republicans, none of whom have the power to block it. The senators, who spoke at an international security conference in Canada, included a Democrat, an Independent and a Republican who does not plan to seek reelection next year.

鈥淚t rewards aggression. This is pure and simple. There鈥檚 no ethical, legal, moral, political justification for Russia claiming eastern Ukraine,鈥� Independent Maine Sen. Angus King said during a panel discussion at the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada.

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

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said Sen. Mitch McConnell, a former Republican Senate party leader, didn鈥檛 go far enough in his criticism of it. McConnell said in a statement Friday that 鈥渋f Administration officials are more concerned with appeasing Putin than securing real peace, then the President ought to find new advisers.鈥�

鈥淲e should not do anything that makes (Putin) feel like he has a win here. Honestly, I think what Mitch said was short of what should be said,鈥� said Tillis. Tillis announced earlier this year that he would not seek reelection shortly after he clashed with the Trump administration over its tax and spending package.

Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called it an 鈥渙utrage.鈥�

Putin welcomed the proposal late Friday, saying it 鈥渃ould form the basis of a final peace settlement鈥� if the U.S. can get Ukraine and its European allies to agree.

Zelenskyy, in an address, did not reject the plan outright, but insisted on fair treatment while pledging to 鈥渨ork calmly鈥� with Washington and other partners in what he called 鈥渢ruly one of the most difficult moments in our history.鈥�

In its 17th year, about 300 people gather annually at the Halifax International Security Forum held at Halifax鈥檚 Westin hotel. The forum attracts military officials, U.S. senators, diplomats and scholars but this year the Trump administration suspended participation of U.S. defense officials in events 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 strained relations between Canada and the U.S. Trump has聽聽with his trade war and insistence that Canada should become聽. Many Canadians now refuse to travel to the U.S. and border states like Shaheen鈥檚 New Hampshire are seeing a dramatic聽

鈥淭here鈥檚 real concern about that strain. That鈥檚 one reason why there鈥檚 such a big delegation is here,鈥� Shaheen said. 鈥淚 will continue to object to what the president is doing in terms about tariffs and his comments because they are not only detrimental to Canada and our relationship, but I think they are detrimental globally. They show a lack of respect of sovereign nations.鈥�