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How to put black in zugzwang so that he must lose one of those pawns is the question of the hour. You can attack the pawn at d4 with two moves, obviously, but one of them has a bit a problem if black defends correctly. That is all I will say about it.
Also, I will say that even winning at d4 doesn’t leave the easiest ending to bring home, so look a little deeper past that- it is very easy to end up in a drawn position if you aren’t accurate after Kxd4.
1. Ke4 Kc5
2. Ke5 d6+
3. Ke4 Kb6
4. Kd5 Kc7
5. Kxd4 Kc6
6. Ke3 Kb6
7. d4 Kb7
8. Kf4 Kc6
9. Kf5 Kd7
10. d5 Ke7
11. Kg6 Kd8
12. Kf7 Kd7
13. Kf6 Kd8
14. Ke6 Kc7
15. Ke7 Kc8
16. Kxd6 Kd8
17. c5 Kc8
it’s a winning position for white
1.Ke4 Kc5 (1… d6 2.Kxd4 Kc7 3.Kd5 Kd7 4.d4 Kc7 5.Ke5 wins 1… Kc7 2.Kxd4 Kd6 3.Ke4 Ke6 4.c5 d6 5.c6 d5+ 6.Ke4 Ke6 7.c7 Kxc7 8.Kxd5 wins)
2.Ke5 d6+
3.Ke4 d5+
4.cxd5 Kd6
5.Kxd4 Kd7
6.Ke5 Ke7
7.d6+ Kd7
8.Kd5 Kd8
9.Ke6 Ke8
10.d7+ Kd8
11.d4 Kc7
12.Ke7 and wins
1.Ke4 Kc7 2.Kxd4 Kd6 3.Ke4? allows 3… Kc5 so 3.c5+ Ke6 4.Ke4 keeps the win I think.
1.Ke4 Kc5 2.Ke5 d6+ 3.Ke4 Kb6! 4.Kxd4 Kc6
5.Ke3 d5 6.Kd4 wins
5…. Kc5 6.Ke4 and with Black to move this is a win.