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Diplomatic efforts to end the war continued this week, with the U.S. reportedly proposing a new round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks in the UAE, and Trump saying he hopes for a deal before winter. Zelensky's office denied a Bloomberg report that Trump had urged him to travel to Moscow to meet Putin directly, a suggestion Zelensky reportedly rejected when the two met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Meanwhile, Putin blamed Ukraine for the breakdown of prior negotiation efforts, citing a large Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow around the Duma election, and Lavrov said Russia remains ready to return to the 'understanding' reportedly reached with Trump in Anchorage, though Washington has denied any such agreement was reached.