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Can Trump negotiate peace in Ukraine?
Two of Trump’s closest envoys meet Putin for talks on a peace plan.
Two of US President Donald Trump’s closest envoys, Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, today met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin used the meeting to warn that Russia was not planning for war with Ukraine’s European backers but was 'ready' for that eventuality.
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