Moscow, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
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With no ceasefire and an invitation to Moscow, the US and Russia's meeting yields more questions than answers.
President Donald Trump on Friday lauded his bilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity that he would rate the meeting as a 10 out of 10.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy flies to Washington on Monday under heavy U.S. pressure to agree to a swift end to Russia's war in Ukraine.
After leaving Alaska, Trump says he would prefer to "go directly to a peace agreement" to end the war in Ukraine as he prepares to meet Zelensky on Monday.
At what was billed as an “historic” presidential summit, hastily put together in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the optics were as clear and overshadowing as the vast Chugach mountains glistening over Anchorage in the summer sun.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised President Donald Trump for his efforts to broker an end to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty, pending talks on a broader peace deal.
The frustration on President Trump's face after talks with Putin was something his presidential predecessors would have recognized.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded their meeting after more than two-and-a-half hours.
India had been watching Alaska closely. There was some cautious hope in New Delhi that if Trump struck some kind of deal with Putin, it might ease Washington’s punitive measures on India.
President Donald Trump supports Russian leader Vladimir Putin's proposal for Moscow to take full control of the Donbas and freeze the front lines elsewhere for a deal with Ukraine.