Putin plays down Ukraine peace plan
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President Donald Trump said he would meet with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy when a deal to end Russia's war on Ukraine is finalized.
A push by the Trump administration to end Russia's war on Ukraine appears to make headway, with Kyiv saying Zelenskyy could visit D.C. within days to finalize a deal.
President Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia are making progress in peace talks but called the conflict difficult to solve on Tuesday night.
President Donald Trump's efforts to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war closely mirrors the tactics he used to end two years of fighting between Israel and Hamas: bold terms that favor one side, deadlines for the combatants and vague outlines for what comes next.
Europe is considering seizing billions in Russian assets to support Ukraine, as proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Russia is threatening to reject President Donald Trump's Ukraine peace plan unless "key understandings" from his Alaska summit with President Putin are upheld.
A U.S. official told NBC News that Ukraine "agreed to the peace deal” and was sorting out "minor details," though Kyiv hasn't publicly accepted any plan and the Kremlin said it was waiting to see any changes.
During Trump’s first term, Kushner led the president’s push for Arab states to normalise ties with Israel. More recently he was called on to help broker a deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Now his task is to silence the guns and drones on the front lines in the Donbas. Kushner did not respond to a request for an interview for this article.
Turkey's defence ministry said on Thursday that a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia must be achieved first before any discussions can take place on possible troop deployment for a potential reassurance force.
Lt. Col. Yurii Myronenko told Business Insider that Russia is testing new deep-strike weapons, including modified Shaheds and new models.