Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting
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The problem is that they have no strategy of their own for ending the Ukraine war, other than hoping to contain Russia over the longer term.
Trump says no agreement on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine as Putin says there was an ‘understanding’
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin didn’t reach a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine after meeting on Friday — despite Putin saying they had come to “an understanding” — as the two leaders offered scant details on what was discussed while heaping praise on each other.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia "must not receive any rewards" for its ongoing military assault on his country, ahead of the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska on Friday, August 15.
Ukraine and its European backers insist that the United States and Russia cannot decide on land swaps behind their backs at a summit this week in Alaska.