Donald Trump says negotiations will begin ‘immediately’ to end war in Ukraine after call with Putin

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President Donald Trump today spoke to the leaders of Ukraine and Russia and says talks will begin 'immediately' to end the war. Photograph: Pete Marovich/The New York Times Donald Trump discussed the war in Ukraine on Wednesday in phone calls with Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the new US president’s first big step towards diplomacy over a war he has promised to end. In a post on his social media platform, Mr Trump said he and Mr Putin had “agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskiy,...