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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Andy Gregory and Alex Croft

Trump demands ‘high level’ Moscow-Kyiv meeting as Russian general killed by car bomb

US president Donald Trump has urged Kremlin and Kyiv to meet to “finish” a deal to end the Ukraine War, declaring major points had now been agreed to in a day of peace talks that coincided with the bombing of a Russian general.

Trump said a deal was “very close” and demanded both sides “stop the bloodshed, NOW” in a late night post on his Truth Social platform on Friday following a meeting between Russian president Vladimir Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff.

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