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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Amy-Clare Martin

Trump was ‘right’ to approach Putin over Ukraine, UK minister insists

Donald Trump was right to bring Russia to the negotiating table over the Ukraine war, the education secretary has said as Sir Keir Starmer prepares to head to the White House for crunch talks.

Bridget Phillipson has defended the US president’s decision to phone Vladimir Putin to start negotiations to end the war, but insisted "there can be no settlement" without involving Kyiv.

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