Mr. Trump provided little additional detail about what territory could be swapped or about the broader contours of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
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Trump Suggests a Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal Would Include ‘Swapping of Territories’
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Dmitry Medvedev’s Son Works For Russian Military Industry Giant, RFE/RL Finds
The son of former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has a job at an affiliate of Rostec, the giant state industrial conglomerate that makes many of the weapons Moscow uses in its war against Ukraine, RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit, Systema, has found.
In 2016, ahead of his graduation from…
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Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska next Friday for Ukraine war talks – follow live
Direct talks with Putin will make this ‘Trump’s war’ toopublished at 22:18 British Summer Time
Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondentBack in May, Donald Trump said that the only way there would be a negotiated peace between…
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Putin seeks to hide lack of interest in ending his war – ISW
The Kremlin is engaged in a delicate balancing act between feigning interest in negotiations to Trump and conditioning Russian society to accept nothing short of Putin’s desired full victory in Ukraine, no matter how long it takes.
The Washington-based Institute for…
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Putin presented award to Witkoff meant for CIA official whose son died fighting for Russia, CBS News reports
Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the Order of Lenin award to U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to pass along to a senior CIA official whose son died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, CBS News reported on Aug. 8.
The award was meant to be presented…
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Trump says end of Russia-Ukraine war will involve ‘swapping of territories’ | Donald Trump
Donald Trump has said he will meet “very shortly” with Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine, and said an end to the three-and-a-half-year war would have to involve “some swapping of territories”.
“I’ll be meeting very shortly…
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Tusk predicts freeze in hostilities in Ukraine in near future
A freeze in hostilities in Ukraine is more likely a near-term rather than a distant prospect.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said this during a press conference in northern Poland on Friday, August 8, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
He noted that he had…
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Trump admits ‘swapping of territories’ in Ukraine-Russia deal
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he is considering returning some territories to Ukraine as well as exchanging parts of the occupied lands.
He made the statement on Friday during a ceremony at the White House for signing a peace agreement between Azerbaijan…
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Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba Fire: Huge Blaze at Historic Site – Live Updates
A massive fire has broken out at the iconic Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba in Spain.
Firefighters are responding to the blaze at the major tourist attraction and UNESCO-listed heritage site in…
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