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Putin holds Ukraine peace talks with Trump’s envoy Witkoff, frees American Hubbard

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Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted US ⁠special envoy Steve Witkoff in a grand imperial palace on Wednesday to review ⁠new ideas on ending the war in Ukraine amid Washington’s latest push to stop Europe’s bloodiest conflict since second world war.

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What the coverage shows

All three outlets center Steve Witkoff’s trip to meet Vladimir Putin, and Axios and France 24 both say he will present an updated peace proposal after talks with Zelensky. France 24 closely mirrors the event framing in its headline, while BBC News shifts emphasis to Zelensky’s comment on intelligence sharing and, in its extract, notes the earlier dispute over that sharing. Only Axios mentions Jared Kushner joining the meeting virtually.

Written by Crossfiled from the 14 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

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