‘No way' Putin will accept US-brokered ceasefire with Ukraine
'While President Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff was in Moscow, having met President Putin, Russia then sent a military strike into Ukraine that killed two civilians,' Mr Ware said.
'This year alone, the Russians have killed, according to the UN, 6,700 innocent Ukrainian civilians.'
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