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Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a summit with US and Chinese leaders to discuss Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Ukraine said the US had resumed intelligence sharing, while Egypt pledged to help defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks.
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🇷🇺 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 Putin proposes three-way Ukraine talks
The Wall Street Journal reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin had proposed a summit with US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Ukraine.
President Putin reportedly raised it in a 9 October call.
The suggested venue is November's APEC gathering in Shenzhen.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said discussions were continuing without an agreed meeting or agenda.
A senior US official told the Journal that President Trump had not agreed.
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