Putin Demands Ukrainian Troops in Kursk Region of Russia Surrender - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : " "We had very good and productive discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia yesterday," Trump wrote Friday morning on his Truth Social platform, in an apparent reference to the meeting with Witkoff.
54% : The Kremlin had said that Putin, in his meeting with Witkoff, "passed along information and additional signals for President Trump."
39% : In that Truth Social post, Trump also said thousands of Ukrainian troops were "completely surrounded by the Russian military" -- an apparent reference to Russian claims that Ukrainian soldiers were surrounded in Kursk "There is no threat of encirclement of our units," the Ukrainian military's general staff said in a statement soon after, calling such reports "false and fabricated by the Russians.
36% : But it was not as bad as Trump described in his post, the soldier added.
34% : It also said that Putin expected to talk to Trump but that the call had yet to be scheduled.
30% : " It was not immediately clear whether Putin and Trump had spoken directly.
27% : "I have strongly requested to President Putin that their lives be spared," Trump wrote.

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