Trump Keeps Pressure on Ukraine as Putin Seen Open to Ceasefire
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Vladimir Putin in Moscow, on Feb. 5, in a photo released by Russian state media.
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Donald Trump kept up the pressure on Ukraine to move ahead with a peace deal as signals emerged that the Kremlin would be willing to accept a temporary truce under certain conditions.
As the American president pursues an agreement to end the war triggered by Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor three years ago, he’s reversed years of US support for Kyiv, instead courting Moscow.