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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
James C. Reynolds

Trump ‘to hand occupied Ukrainian land to Putin in return for peace deal’

Donald Trump could recognise Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and other occupied territories in an appeasement of the Kremlin’s key demands for a peace deal, according to a report.

The US president is said to have sent special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner to Moscow with the expressed intention of offering Vladimir Putin US recognition of the occupied territories in return for a peace deal.

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