President Donald Trump’s diplomatic efforts to stop the Ukraine conflict remain fluid, the details murky. But the fact that the president has in the span of only a few days met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several European leaders in an attempt to end the hostilities is a credit to the White House and indicative of Trump’s desire to craft a lasting peace.

On Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Putin wants to meet with Zelenskyy, a breakthrough in and of itself — if it happens. “Both leaders have expressed a willingness to sit down with each other,” she said, “and so our national security team will help both countries do that.”

Yet there has been no public confirmation of the Russian commitment, only

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