Putin, Trump and Alaska
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President Donald Trump shared the "peace letter" from first lady Melania Trump that was hand delivered to Vladimir Putin at the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska on Friday.
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Putin agreed to let US, Europe offer NATO-style security protections for Ukraine, Trump envoy says
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Both President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered brief remarks, but took no questions, in Alaska.
The Alaska summit between the U.S. and Russian leaders showcased their mutual animosity for the former president.
The US president said a peace agreement would be better than a "mere" ceasefire, hours after summit with Putin that produced little.
In a summit meeting marked by red carpets, handshakes and military flyovers, President Vladimir Putin made his first trip to the United States in a decade and was greeted warmly by President Donald Trump.
The meeting between the U.S. president and the Russian leader didn’t appear to yield any breakthroughs.
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.