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Trump Tells European Leaders He Intends to Meet With Putin and Zelensky – The New York Times

Trump Tells European Leaders He Intends to Meet With Putin and Zelensky  The New York Times Trump’s Deadline For Putin To End War In Ukraine Is Days Away. Here’s How He Says He’ll Punish Moscow  Time Magazine Exclusive: Putin doubts potency of Trump’s ultimatum to end the war, sources say  Reuters Trump offered Putin victory in Ukraine. Why did Putin refuse?  Atlantic Council America’s …

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Trump Live Updates: U.S. Envoy to Russia Meets Putin as Sanctions Deadline Looms – The New York Times

Trump Live Updates: U.S. Envoy to Russia Meets Putin as Sanctions Deadline Looms  The New York Times Witkoff meets with Putin as Trump’s sanctions threat looms  CNN Trump’s envoy Witkoff meets Putin as ceasefire deadline looms  BBC Trump’s special envoy meets Putin as Russia-Ukraine peace deadline nears  WLOS Talks between Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff ‘useful and constructive’, Kremlin says – Europe live  The …

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Trump’s envoy Witkoff meets Putin as ceasefire deadline looms

Trump’s envoy Witkoff meets Putin as ceasefire deadline looms

US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have met at the Kremlin, as Donald Trump’s deadline for Moscow to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine looms. The talks lasted three hours, Russian media report, after Witkoff landed in Russia early on Wednesday. The US president has said Russia could face hefty sanctions or see secondary sanctions imposed against all those …

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Putin, Trump envoy Witkoff meet in Moscow ahead of Trump deadline for Moscow to agree to end Ukraine war

Putin, Trump envoy Witkoff meet in Moscow ahead of Trump deadline for Moscow to agree to end Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow Wednesday, the Kremlin said, days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties that could also hit countries buying its oil. The Kremlin didn’t immediately provide more details of the meeting. Earlier, Witkoff …

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Exclusive: Putin doubts potency of Trump's ultimatum to end the war – Reuters

Exclusive: Putin doubts potency of Trump’s ultimatum to end the war  Reuters Trump says he’s shortening the 50-day deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine  AP News International report – Turkey walks a tightrope as Trump threatens sanctions over Russian trade  RFI Do Trump’s Lines in the Sand Mean Anything?  Foreign Policy Putin Blames Frustration Over Ukraine Talks on ‘Inflated Expectations’  The New …

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How Putin and Trump tensions could end, according to former CIA chief

How Putin and Trump tensions could end, according to former CIA chief

A former CIA boss has provided his expert opinion on how tensions between Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump could end. For 35 years, Ralph Goff worked for the CIA – donning the role of chief of operations for Europe and Eurasia for a number of years before retirement. Now, the 72-year-old has given his terrifying prediction of what could …

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Putin not swayed by Trump’s Ukraine war ultimatum

Putin not swayed by Trump’s Ukraine war ultimatum

Russian President Vladimir Putin has voiced hopes for further peace talks with Ukraine – but stressed his troops were “advancing on the entire front line”, despite the threat of looming US sanctions if a ceasefire was not agreed upon. “All disappointments arise from inflated expectations,” Putin said, in an apparent reference to Trump’s “disappointment” with the Russian leader for not …

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Trump gives Putin new ‘10 or 12 days’ deadline to end war in Ukraine – POLITICO

Trump gives Putin new ‘10 or 12 days’ deadline to end war in Ukraine – POLITICO

Trump issued the 50-day ultimatum to Putin earlier in July, warning that his potential economic penalties against Moscow and its trading partners would be devastating if the conflict wasn’t halted by early September. “We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of …

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