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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

World awaits Trump’s next move as Russia ceasefire deadline approaches

Donald Trump pointing while speaking into a microphone
Donald Trump cut his 50-day deadline for Russia to end its war in Ukraine to one which now ends on Friday. Photograph: Michael Brochstein/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

After taking six months to conclude that Vladimir Putin may not be a kindred transactional authoritarian leader but an ideological nationalist seeking the return of what “belongs to Russia”, the deadline Donald Trump set for the Russian president to agree a Ukraine ceasefire or face US sanctions on oil exports arrives on Friday.

What Trump – who some had claimed was a Russian asset – does next to punish Putin could define his presidency.

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