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Steve Witkoff is facing calls to be sacked after a transcript of a call discussing the Ukraine peace plan with Vladimir Putin’s senior aide was released

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Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff personally advised a senior Russian official on how to praise the president in order to secure a peace deal in Ukraine, according to a leaked transcript.