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President Donald Trump’s policies on Ukraine follow not an overarching strategy but a single question: Can he sell them? President Volodymyr Zelensky knows this, presenting Trump with a generous deal for critical minerals and partnerships with American drone manufacturers. But the Ukrainian president has yet to make what may be his most persuasive offer: the services of Ukraine’s bureaucracy-slashing government technology. Since 2019, Ukraine has been developing digital platforms to streamline

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In an Aug. 16 video, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico praised the recent Putin-Trump summit in Alaska and repeated Kremlin propaganda about the "root causes" of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia's refusal to declare ceasefire casts doubt on peace process, Zelensky says ahead of White House talks

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Putin offers Trump frozen battle lines, written promise not to invade again if Kyiv surrenders Donbas, NYT reports

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Editorial: That meeting was sickening. Putin loved it

Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless. Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold. On our screens, a blood-soaked dictator and war criminal received a royal welcome in the land of the free — as his attack drones headed for our cities. In the lead-up to the meeting in Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump declared he wanted a “ceasefire today” and that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would face “severe consequences” if he didn't go for it. Yet

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