By Tom Balmforth, Yuliia Dysa and Steve Holland
KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Monday to join prospective Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey later this week as European countries pushed to get the Kremlin to accept their demand for a 30-day ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.
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