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Sasha Vakulina

Trump backs Witkoff after leaked call appears to show envoy advised Putin aide on Ukraine peace plan

US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff advised a Russian presidential aide on how to draft a peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine and how to communicate with Trump, according to a leaked recording published on Tuesday.

Trump called the recording a "standard thing" when asked about it by reporters on Air Force One.

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