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Kyiv almost entirely in darkness Thursday evening as Ukrainian and Trump envoys prepare to meet

Kyiv was almost entirely in darkness on Thursday evening, and Ukrainian negotiators are scheduled to meet envoys of Donald Trump from Friday.

Kyiv was almost entirely in darkness on Thursday evening, according to the live blog's headline.

Negotiators from Ukraine and envoys of Donald Trump are scheduled to meet from Friday. Separately, Vladimir Putin received former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder at his residence in Moscow on Wednesday, Putin's birthday, the Kremlin announced.

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