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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

US not optimistic about Ukraine talks as Zelenskiy ups pressure on Biden

Joe Biden leaves the White House for Rehoboth Beach, Delaware on Saturday.
Joe Biden leaves the White House for Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Saturday. Photograph: Chris Kleponis/EPA

Joe Biden’s ambassador to the United Nations warned on Sunday there was little immediate hope of a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine, as pressure continued to build on the US president ahead of a crucial Nato summit in Europe this week.

Biden, who faces growing dissatisfaction over his approach to the war, will travel to Brussels on Thursday and then on to Poland, it was announced on Sunday night. He will hear a proposal from Poland for Nato to send a peacekeeping force into Ukraine, something Linda Thomas-Greenfield said was unlikely.

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