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President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed former president Leonid Kravchuk as chairperson of Ukraine’s delegation to the Minsk Contact Group, the forum that negotiates solutions to Russia’s undeclared war against Ukraine. Concurrently, Zelensky has appointed former prime minister Vitold Fokin as a member of this delegation. Kravchuk and Fokin are 86 and 88 years old, respectively.

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