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Trump Offers to Mediate Ukraine War After 90-Minute Call with Putin as Zelensky Sees Hope

Donald Trump holds separate calls with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, offering to help find a political-diplomatic solution to the Ukraine war and tying follow-up talks to his attendance at the NATO summit in Ankara.Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov calls the exchange with Mr. Trump business-like and constructive, while Moscow claims steady advances and asserts capture of Kostyantynivka, a claim the Ukrainian government rejects as a lie.Russia reports downing nearly 500 drones and 10 missiles after strikes on oil terminals and a historical complex near St. Petersburg, and Ukraine says it has stepped up strikes on Russian territory after recent Russian attacks on Kyiv that killed 30 people; NATO leaders from 32 countries will meet in Ankara to press for diplomatic options.
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