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The Rest of the World Report | October 19, 2026 — Morning Edition
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TRUMP DEFENDS RUSSIA WAIVERS
President Donald Trump defended his decision on Russia in a Truth Social post on Sunday and wrote that Ukraine’s president does not want to end the war.
Trump wrote that he is negotiating peace between Russia and Ukraine, and that Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help Iran. He wrote that Volodymyr Zelenskyy “doesn’t want to end this war, and probably never did.” He also wrote that Ukraine is targeting Russian diesel refineries. The attacks, he wrote, are…
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