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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Sam Kiley

Ukraine and Europe reduced to bit players in US-Russian plans for peace

A senior White House team is heading to Saudi Arabia ahead of possible peace talks on Ukraine amid consternation that the country is being left out of negotiations over its own future.

Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and national security adviser Mike Waltz were planning to head to Riyadh to begin setting up talks, which will also sideline Europe in discussions that will determine the future safety of the continent.

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