Donald Trump and Nigel Farage in 2016.

Nigel Farage has offered up some surprising criticism to his ally Donald Trump over his Ukraine peace plan.

The US president wants Ukraine to formally cede the peninsula of Crimea, occupied by Russia since 2014, to secure an end to Vladimir Putin’s war.

But Kyiv has already rejected the idea, as Crimea is a legally recognised part of the country according to Ukraine’s constitution.

And now it appears the Reform UK leader – who has spoken at Trump rallies in the past and campaigned for the Republican to get into the White House – is siding with Ukraine over the president.

Speaking to GB News on Wednesday night, Farage said he wants “peace” in Ukraine but “not at any price”.

He said: “Wars end in one of two ways, don’t they, generally – one side gets annihilated, surrenders and accepts pretty much anything they’re given, or you have a negotiated peace settlement.

“You could argue the civil war in Northern Ireland was........

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