Putin, Ukraine and Russia
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Russia has yet again ignored Donald Trump’s bid to hold a summit between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky and said attempts to resolve security issues for Kyiv without Moscow’s participation was a “road to nowhere”.
Hungary has offered to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine twice, and the offer still stands, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a podcast broadcast on Facebook on Thursday.
Ukrainian Member of Parliament Kira Rudik joins Meet the Press NOW as President Trump tries to arrange a summit between himself, Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. NBC News Correspondents Monica Alba and Andrea Mitchell report on Russia’s reaction to the prospect of a security deal for Ukraine.
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Zelenskyy, Trump express hope for trilateral talks with Putin to bring end to Russia-Ukraine war
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump expressed hopes that talks with Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House could lead to trilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine.
At the top of Vladimir Putin’s shopping-list is the western part of Donetsk province, which is still firmly in Ukrainian hands. But it is not just the symbolism that is important to him. The real prize is to force Ukraine to abandon its strategically critical “fortress belt”,
Ukrainian officials said the deadly strikes were a further sign that Russia had no intention of halting hostilities.
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What to know about Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula seized by Russia from Ukraine over a decade ago
Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow’s relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold War.
When a Ukrainian-made drone attacked an ammunition depot in Russia last September, it showcased Kyiv’s determination to strike deep behind enemy lines and the prowess of its defense industry. The moment was especially gratifying for the woman in charge of manufacturing the drones that flew more than 1,