Peace is finally coming between Russia and Ukraine... but this is why it's NOT all good news and how it could lead to a new, far more deadly conflict we'll all be dragged into: MARK ALMOND
When the Ukrainian president said, quite rightly, that Putin could not be trusted, Trump launched a brutal verbal assault, threatening to abandon him and his country unless he went along with Washington's ceasefire plans.
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