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Steve Witkoff is wrong to see peace in Putin’s eyes

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EXPLORE THE ISSUE 29 March 2025
issue 29 March 2025

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‘It doesn’t surprise me that they’re abolishing the Ministry of Education,’ my old friend Dima told me. ‘Judging by what Steve Witkoff said on the Fox channel, neither history nor geography are taught in America.’ Team Trump’s energetic but purposefully misdirected attempts to push the negotiation processes forward have left Ukrainians in shock.

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