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    How Europe’s ‘Reassurance Force’ could work in Ukraine – and will it enrage Putin?

    How Europe’s ‘Reassurance Force’ could work in Ukraine – and will it enrage Putin?

    Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch After months on the sidelines of US-led peace talks, Europe is trying to rise to the challenge of guaranteeing Ukraine’s post-war future in the event of a…

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    Putin: Russia will take Donbas. End of.

    Putin: Russia will take Donbas. End of.

    Shorouk Express According to open-source maps of the conflict, Russian forces now control about 80 percent of the Donbas region, made up of Donetsk and Luhansk. Russia this week claimed it had — after more than a year of fighting — captured the key city of Pokrovsk, which Ukraine has rejected. Ceding Donbas was one…

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    Ukraine war live: Putin told to ‘stop wasting time’ after latest peace talks fail

    Ukraine war live: Putin told to ‘stop wasting time’ after latest peace talks fail

    Shorouk Express Putin accused of ‘wasting the world’s time’ after Trump’s peace plan stalls Senior Ukrainian and European officials have accused Russia of not pursuing “any kind of peace” and wasting the world’s time. Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said the Russian president Vladimir Putin “should end the bluster and the bloodshed and be ready to…

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    Witkoff arrives in Moscow for peace talks with Putin

    Witkoff arrives in Moscow for peace talks with Putin

    Shorouk Express Subsequent talks attended by European, Ukrainian and American negotiators yielded an updated 19-point plan. In a post on social platform X, Dmitriev said it was an “important day for peace.” Witkoff traveled to Moscow after taking part in U.S.-Ukraine talks in Florida. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Tuesday that Kushner would…

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