Here’s Where We Stand After Trump Met With Zelensky At The Vatican
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A “really important week” in peace talks is coming up after President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican over the weekend amid the funeral for Pope Francis, according to the Trump administration’s top diplomat.
Russia and Ukraine are “closer in general than they’ve been any time in the last three years” to reaching an end to their war, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” although he conceded the two sides have not yet reached a resolution.
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