Donald Trump boasted Russia and Ukraine "will make a deal this week" after the warring countries blamed each other for breaking an Easter ceasefire.
In a brag on his Truth Social platform the US President said "hopefully Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week" and both will then "start to do big business" with America.
The extraordinary prediction offers a glimmer of hope of ending a bloody and attritional war ...
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