Ukraine, Steve Witkoff and Berlin
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President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held a marathon round of Ukraine peace talks Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin — though they ended with a statement from the Kremlin that parts of the proposal remain “unacceptable.
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EU video call with US negotiators Witkoff, Kushner fails to connect
A planned video call between EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels and the US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who had travelled to Berlin for talks on Ukraine, did not take place due to connection issues.
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