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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than two hours.

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The Russian president may have already broken the promise he made during a two-hour phone call with his US counterpart overnight.

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The US president cast himself as the Putin-whisperer – the only guy who “gets” the Russian leader. But now, the situation risks seriously embarrassing Trump.

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Germany in 2017.

Trump and Putin will discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Here’s what’s on the table

A temporary ceasefire is on the table, but both sides seem unwilling to make large concessions and have red lines that they insist cannot be crossed. Here is what’s at stake.

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“Peace to the world”, a painting created by Russian artist Alexei Sergienko showing a combination of faces of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, is on display at the Sergienko’s gallery in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday.

‘We’ll be talking about land’: Trump to speak with Putin about ending Ukraine war

The US president said the two leaders would discuss concessions including land and power plants as part of ceasefire negotiations.

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