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EPISODE · Aug 8, 2025 · 32 MIN

US, Russia Plan Ukraine Truce

from Balance of Power · host Bloomberg

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Washington and Moscow are aiming to reach a deal to halt the war in Ukraine that would lock in Russia’s occupation of territory seized during its military invasion, according to people familiar with the matter.US and Russian officials are working toward an agreement on territories for a planned summit meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as early as next week, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations. The US is working to get buy-in from Ukraine and its European allies on the deal, which is far from certain, the people said.Putin is demanding that Ukraine cede its entire eastern Donbas area to Russia as well as Crimea, which his forces illegally annexed in 2014. That would require Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to order a withdrawal of troops from parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions still held by Kyiv, handing Russia a victory that its army couldn’t achieve militarily since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022.Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe speaks with: Bloomberg National Security Reporter Courtney McBride. Former US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. Bloomberg Politics Contributors Rick Davis and Jeanne Sheehan Zaino. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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