MOSCOW >> Russian President Vladimir Putin met President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in the Kremlin today for talks on a possible way to end the deadliest European conflict since World War II.

Just before the meeting, Putin warned Europe that it would face swift defeat if it went to war with Russia, and he dismissed European counter-proposals on Ukraine as being absolutely unacceptable to Russia.

Trump has repeatedly said he wants to end the war but his efforts so far, including a summit with Putin in Alaska in August and meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, have not yet brought peace. A leaked set of 28 U.S. draft peace proposals emerged last week, alarming Ukrainian and European officials who said it bowed to Moscow’s main d

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