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A flurry of diplomatic activity between US, Ukrainian and Russian officials has been taking place in the past fortnight

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President Donald Trump has claimed that “big progress” is being made in negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine as his special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived for talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.