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delegation to Kyiv in the next few weeks to discuss security assurances against further Russian aggression if it decides to end the conflict.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina could also join.

This war is now in its fifth year, and the U.S.

continues to mediate peace efforts between the two countries, though talks that were set to be held in the United Arab Emirates in early March had to be postponed due to the war in Iran.

Both sides remain far apart on terms for a potential end to hostilities.

Monica Ricks, Bloomberg Radio.

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President Trump just threatened to bomb Iran again if it doesn't meet his deadline Monday to make a peace deal with the U.S.

and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

His social media posts comes as U.S.

search and rescue operations continue for a crew member from an F-15E fighter jet.

It was one of two planes shot down by Iran on Friday.

Axios political reporter Mark Caputo.

That's Axios reporter Mark Caputo on Bloomberg this weekend.

These are the first known combat losses of a U.S.

or Israeli plane since the war started.

But in a phone interview with NBC, President Trump said it wouldn't affect ongoing negotiations with Iran.

Bloomberg's Jamie Tarabay.

Meantime, the U.S.