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How Putin may react to the rift between the U.S. and Ukraine
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Earlier reports and follow-ups on the same developing story.
- Trump’s diesel deal opens a new rift with Europe over Ukraine
- Trump says Putin and Zelenskyy both want to end Russia’s war on Ukraine
- Burnham says he wants to 'repair bridges' between Ukraine and US
- Russia's view amid Ukraine's strikes and Zelenskyy's growing rift with the U.S.
- Zelensky rallies EU support as Trump says Ukraine leader 'more difficult to deal with than Putin'
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