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Britain and France on Friday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet in ceasefire talks aimed at halting his country's invasion of Ukraine.
From CBS News
His meetings with Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, came as the administration’s push to halt the Ukraine war had appeared stalled.
From Wall Street Journal
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A Russian ballistic missile strike Friday on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih killed at least 14 people and injured more than 50, Ukrainian officials said, as U.S. and European leaders pressed Russia to accept a ceasefire in the conflict.
Moscow praises Trump for "preventing World War 3," U.S. officials reassure NATO and analysts warn of renewed Russian offensives.
Republican Rep. Michael McCaul called out members of his party behind closed doors this week for parroting Russian disinformation and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s talking points, a source in the room told CNN.
Here is what has happened in Ukraine: nothing. There’s no sign that Putin is preparing to stop fighting, despite Trump’s talk of cease-fires and deals.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told CBS News' Margaret Brennan that "Russia really has to do more to bring this war to an end."
On April 4, Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on a residential area in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing at least 16 people, including six children, and injuring over 50, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.
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ZNetwork on MSNGetting the UN Involved in UkraineBritain and France say they want to send European troops to Ukraine as “peacekeepers” if a ceasefire should be achieved. So far, however, only Britain and France seem interested in contributing “boots on the ground” and “planes in the sky” to the so-called “coalition of the willing.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is not expected to attend next week’s meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels, marking the first time since the group’s founding three years ago that a senior Pentagon official will not be there to represent the US,