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Trump says Ukraine war could soon come to an end

Donald Trump says the war in Ukraine is “very close” to ending, echoing Russian President Vladimir Putin's earlier claim that the “matter is coming to an end”, despite ongoing intense fighting.

Hostilities resumed on Tuesday, ending hopes that a three-day ceasefire could be extended further, with Russia launching over 200 drones overnight and conducting attacks that killed two and injured four, including a nine-month-old girl, in President Zelensky's hometown of Kryvyi Rih.

Russia test-fired its new nuclear-armed Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, which President Putin hailed as the “world’s most powerful” and announced would enter combat service by the end of the year.

A Scottish military instructor, Ross David Cutmore, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years in Ukraine after admitting to spying for…