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Russia Says Trump Offered To Help Putin Fight Forest Fires In Siberia

The two leaders spoke by phone Wednesday. The Kremlin said Putin "regards the US President's offer as a sign that it is possible that full-scale bilateral relations will be restored in the future."
An aerial view of a forest fire in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Territory.

President Trump spoke with President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and offered U.S. help in fighting widespread forest fires raging in parts of Siberia, according to a Kremlin account of the

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