Putin is 'playing' Trump, analyst says as US offers Russia diesel deal
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US President Donald Trump's envoys told Ukrainian officials on Friday that a deal to allow Russian diesel exports is part of an effort to bring Russia back to negotiations, three people familiar with the meeting told Reuters.
The move follows the failure of earlier attempts to start lasting talks to end the war.
FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney spoke with Grégoire Roos, director of the Europe and Russia and Eurasia Programmes at Chatham House.
Roos said it is "clear that Moscow is just playing with Washington because Vladimir Putin knows that Donald Trump lives on borrowed time."