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Ukraine: Trump pushing ahead with diplomacy despite no breakthrough

Vladimir Putin is reported to have told President Trump that he wanted a Ukrainian withdrawal from two eastern regions, in return for Russia freezing front lines elsewhere.

Vladimir Putin has reportedly demanded a Ukrainian withdrawal from the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in exchange for a freezing of front lines elsewhere. The Russian president made the demand during Friday's meeting with President Trump in Alaska, according to sources involved in the talks. We speak to Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

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