After Trump request, Putin says he will let Ukraine troops in Kursk...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

89% : Trump posted on social media after his envoy, Steve Witkoff, held a lengthy meeting with Putin on Thursday night in Moscow that Trump described as "very good and productive".
84% : NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who met Trump on Thursday, told Fox News that Trump's drive to get Russia to spare the lives of Ukrainian soldiers was "extremely helpful and extremely important.
73% : Despite Putin's apparent conditions, Trump called Putin's statement "very promising".
48% : But the Russian president said he understood the call by Trump to take humanitarian considerations into account.
44% : The Kremlin said Putin sent Trump a message about his ceasefire plan via Witkoff, expressing "cautious optimism" that a deal could be reached to end the three-year-old conflict.
43% : Putin says he will spare Ukrainians in Kursk if they surrender * Ukraine calls Kursk 'encirclement' fabricated * Trump has proposed a 30-day ceasefire deal in Ukraine * Putin agrees in principle, but says proposal needs work By Steve Holland, Dmitry Antonov and Andrew Osborn WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, March 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump urged Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Friday to spare Ukrainian troops that Russia is pushing out of its Kursk region, an appeal Putin said he would honor if they surrendered.
37% : "There is a very good chance that this horrible, bloody war can finally come to an end," Trump said, referring to a U.S. ceasefire proposal that Ukraine accepted this week and was under consideration by Russia.
36% : "Reports of the alleged 'encirclement' of Ukrainian units by the enemy in Kursk are false and fabricated by the Russians for political manipulation," it said, adding that units had "withdrawn to more advantageous defensive positions.
31% : On Friday, Trump again pressed Russia to sign and complete "a Cease Fire and Final Agreement".

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