Trump says he and Putin are close to a deal about Ukraine and ‘all of Europe’

The Washington Post · Michael Birnbaum, Francesca Ebel ·

President Donald Trump excluded Kyiv from talks on Thursday in which he met with a Putin envoy to discuss Ukraine and Europe’s future.

Russia and the United States are close to making a “big, beautiful agreement,” not just about Ukraine but about “all of Europe,” President Donald Trump said Thursday, declaring that he met the Kremlin’s top peace negotiator — but not Ukraine’s — at the White House earlier in the day.

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