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What a relief that Vladimir Putin is more of a bully than a strategist. Had he been as savvy as Benjamin Netanyahu, he would have suckered the US president into backing a “ceasefire” that meant a victory and impunity.
Instead the White House has announced that planned talks between Donald Trump and Putin to be held in Budapest are off. They were cancelled after the US president said that the current front lines should be frozen as part of an immediate ceasefire.
Putin had reason to believe that he’d renewed backing from the US president for his demand that Ukraine must hand over more t
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