Putin, Trump and Ukraine
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Kyiv Independent on MSNUkraine war latest: Trump to meet with Zelensky, European leaders in Washington on Aug. 18 after US-Russia summit ends without agreement
Trump, Zelensky to meet in Washington next week after US-Russia summit ends without agreement * Top European leaders to join Zelensky in Washington for Trump talks * Putin offers Trump frozen battle lines,
President Donald Trump said on social media Saturday that a deal better than “a mere Ceasefire” is in the works with Vladimir Putin, hours after Trump’s high-stakes summit with the Russian leader in Alaska failed to produce an agreement to halt Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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.
President Trump told reporters on Friday that he's willing to talk about business with Russian President Vladimir Putin but said there would be no deals "until we get the war solved" in Ukraine.
UK Defence Secretary John Healey has said that his government is "ready to put UK boots on the ground" in Ukraine if a ceasefire is achieved. Source: Financial Times, as reported by European Pravda Details: While US President Donald Trump is heading to a meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska,
"Peace in their hands" echoes the Times' headline. The paper says the pair's meeting is the first between American and Russian leaders on US soil for a decade. The Times also describes Putin choosing to ride in Trump's armoured vehicle - dubbed the Beast - so that they could "share private words" without aides or translators.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Donald Trump that the United States and its European allies could offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the war,