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US President Donald Trump said he would welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit scheduled for December 14-15 in Miami, despite opposition from European allies and Ukraine. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the invitation last month, while the Kremlin said it was grateful but had yet to decide whether Putin would attend. EU diplomat Kaja Kallas and a bipartisan group of US senators criticised the invitation as normalising people who start wars. The criticism follows Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Russian diesel exports after a call with Putin, which Ukrainian leader Zelensky said left him feeling betrayed. Trump has also suggested Ukraine should get “a new president” and described Zelensky as “not a good guy for us to deal with.”

US President Donald Trump said he would welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Florida, despite opposition from European allies and efforts by Ukraine and European countries to isolate Moscow. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the invitation to the summit, scheduled for December 14-15 in Miami. Trump said, “I don’t know if he’s coming. I would certainly love to have him,” while the Kremlin said it was grateful for the invitation but had not decided whether Putin would attend. The invitation drew criticism from EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas and a bipartisan group of US senators, coming after Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel exports, which led Ukrainian leader Zelensky to say he felt betrayed.