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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Pjotr Sauer

US-Russia talks may pile pressure on Kyiv to make concessions, says EU foreign policy chief

Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelenskyy smile as they talk outside the Élysée Palace, with French armed guards standing in the background
Emmanuel Macron welcomes Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Élysée Palace in Paris on Monday. Photograph: Teresa Suárez/EPA

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said she fears talks between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will pile pressure on Ukraine to make concessions with the two men expected to meet on Tuesday.

Witkoff, the property developer turned envoy recently exposed for coaching Russian officials on how to win Trump’s favour, is arriving in Moscow after leading a US delegation in talks with Ukraine at the weekend, nearly four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

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