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US envoy is taking Putin's comments on Ukraine ceasefire proposal to Trump, Kremlin official says
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss details of the American proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine.