NPR's Steve Inskeep asks former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst about President Trump's embrace of Russia as envoy Steve Witkoff heads to Moscow after meeting Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine on Trump's turn toward Russia
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- Russia’s war on Ukraine ‘must be brought to an end’, Zelenskyy says
- Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes, as relations between Trump and Zelenskyy sour
- Trump is Selling Out Ukraine to Putin
- Former U.S. ambassador on Trump's recent moves to embrace Russia
- Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine
- Trump envoy Witkoff meets Russia’s Putin for Ukraine war talks
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