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The Russian president also suggested Ukraine be placed under ‘temporary administration’ as part of a peace deal.

Officials said Kseniia Petrova had ‘deliberately’ tried to ‘smuggle’ biological samples through customs, but her lawyer claims she should only have received a $500 fine

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Ukrainian president has learned Trump’s team demand positivity and there is little point in trying to ‘inject reality’

Support for Ukraine continues with divided opinion on Franco-British plan for ‘reassurance force’ to help ceasefire

Depending on what you think of Donald Trump, his administration could fit either of the following two descriptions. Chaotic, vindictive and accident-prone, marked by mendacity, driven by impulse and bent on securing the will of the leader, rather than – as in the US constitution – the will of the…

The chance of the president succeeding in his radicalism is small, but amid the chaos are challenges to convention that were overdue, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

It came as the prime minister hinted a deal could be agreed in ‘weeks not months’

President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that France and the United Kingdom would lead efforts to send a "reassurance force" to Ukraine after any future peace deal with Russia, even if the idea was not approved by all their European allies.