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- U.S. President Donald Trump sent Rodney Mims Cook Jr. to Russia to urge President Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine war.
- Cook attended Putin’s Davos-style forum, received briefings, and carried Trump’s note, “Good hello from your friend, President Trump.”
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was unaware of any U.S. delegation, while Ukraine launched a drone strike that hit an oil refinery on the Neva River during Cook’s visit.
