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Residents react after a Russian missile hit a multi-story apartment during Russia’s combined missile and drone air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)AP
I think it’s urgent that the current negotiations end the war in Ukraine soon, even if Ukraine has to make territorial concessions and stay out of NATO.