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US President Donald Trump said he believed he had reached an agreement with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts to end the war in Ukraine. He shared that it had been more difficult than expected to work with Volodymyr Zelensky than with Vladimir Putin. Asked about the American proposal calling for recognition of Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula, Donald Trump sidestepped the question, saying he had “no favorites” and simply wanted the war to end.