Putin’s mini-coup in the White House has beaten Zelensky to the punch with Trump

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Putin sneaked in a call to the White House before Zelensky arrived in the US, turning Trump back to his side after the president drifted towards democracy. World affairs editor Sam Kiley in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, explains how

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Vladimir Putin has pulled off a mini-coup in the White House, driven a painful wedge into the European Union, and is repairing his reputation as an indicted war criminal – all in one phone call.