Trump, Putin and Alaska
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President Donald Trump’s foreign envoy Steve Witkoff — one of three American participants in Friday’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin — described on Sunday several major agreements reached during the Alaska talks that he said created strong momentum toward a peace agreement with Ukraine.
The documents reportedly included plans for a canceled luncheon, seating charts, a gift presentation and phone numbers for U.S. and Russian officials.
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The summit comes days after Trump hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin without inviting Zelenskyy, and follows a contentious previous meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy earlier this year. On Friday, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska.
President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on Ukraine to agree to terms to end the war with Russia, echoing some of Moscow’s talking points two days after meeting President Vladimir Putin.
Ahead of a meeting with President Trump, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine noted that Russia’s 2014 seizure of Ukrainian land became “a springboard for a new attack.”
The White House responded to an NPR report revealing that U.S. government papers about the President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin summit in Alaska were left on a public hotel
In President Donald Trump’s warm red-carpet greeting at the Alaska summit, Russians saw an opening to pull America away from its traditional allies in Europe.
Russia already controls a fifth of Ukraine, including about three-quarters of Donetsk province, which it first entered in 2014.