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1 day ago | theguardian.com | Martin Belam |Jakub Krupa |Pjotr Sauer |Angela Giuffrida |Kate Connolly

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureTrump gets asked if he will keep US troops in Germany, and he says “the answer is yet, we will talk about that, but if they’d like to have them there, we have a lot of them.” “You think that’s good economic development. They’re highly paid troops, and they spend a lot of money in Germany. The relationship with Germany is very important.

1 day ago | theguardian.com | Pjotr Sauer

Russia will respond to Ukraine’s daring drone operation “how and when” it sees fit, the Kremlin has warned, seeming to confirm reports Vladimir Putin had told Donald Trump that Moscow was obliged to retaliate. Ukraine has been bracing for retaliation after its SBU security service carried out a surprise drone strike over the weekend, targeting four airbases and damaging up to 20 Russian warplanes deep inside the country, according to US officials.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Peter Beaumont |Pjotr Sauer

Ukraine and Russia have begun the largest prisoner exchange of the three-year war, with almost 800 captives returned on both sides in a process expected to last several days. Confirming the first phase of the exchange had taken place, the Ukrainian president, Volodmyr Zelenskyy, said Ukraine had returned 390 people to Russia and that the process would continue with further groups on Saturday and Sunday.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Pjotr Sauer

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have held a rare phone call, which the US leader described as “excellent”, but the Kremlin refused to agree to a ceasefire in the war with Ukraine, despite pressure from Washington and European allies. Speaking to reporters in Sochi after the two-hour conversation on Monday, Mr Putin described the call as “very meaningful and frank” and said he was prepared to work with Ukraine on drafting a memorandum for future peace talks.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Pjotr Sauer

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have held a rare phone call, which the US leader described as “excellent,” but the Kremlin refused to agree to a ceasefire in the war with Ukraine, despite pressure from Washington and European allies. Speaking to reporters in Sochi after the two-hour conversation on Monday, Putin described the call as “very meaningful and frank,” and said he was prepared to work with Ukraine on drafting a memorandum for future peace talks.