At Trump summit, Putin made 'concrete' Ukraine offer: envoy

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a concrete offer on Ukraine to his US counterpart Donald Trump, the Russian ambassador to Washington said Friday, after a report that the Kremlin chief suggested a referendum in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine. "This problem has been discussed, concrete proposals have been made on how to resolve this issue," Anatoly Antonov said, referring to the four-year conflict. Antonov spoke after Bloomberg reported Thursday that at the Helsinki summit, Putin called for a referendum to be held with the help of international community in Ukraine's breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, which Russia-backed separatists control.

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