5 h. ago Putin won in Anchorage. Now Zelenskyy and Europe are in an even more perilous position | Rajan Menon

Trump’s summit failed to achieve a ceasefire, but the Russian president will be very happy with how events are unfoldingDonald Trump portrays himself as a hard-nosed dealmaker. Yet in the run-up to Friday’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, his claim that the Russian leader held him in high regard and was therefore serious about ending the war in Ukraine sounded naive. Putin doesn’t let sentimentality shape his political and military decisions. Nor has he disavowed his longstanding claim to four Ukrainian provinces: Donetsk and Luhansk, which together comprise Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south. Despite Russia’s overwhelming numerical advantage in troops and weaponry, Putin occupies only one province, Luhansk, almost entirely. Yet he persists.In the days before his meeting with Putin, Trump said the Russian economy “stinks” and that falling oil prices would cause Russia’s war to run aground. The war has certainly placed severe s...

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33 h. ago Trump says peace deal being discussed is more than 'mere Ceasefire Agreement'

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4 d. ago Russia's 'Doomsday Radio' emits signals last heard days before Putin invaded Ukraine

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4 d. ago Putin races to grab territory in Ukraine with lightning advance days before meeting with Trump

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5 d. ago Russia 'breaks through Ukrainian frontline' days before Putin

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5 d. ago Russian forces break through Ukraine frontline days before Putin

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5 d. ago Russia 'breakthrough' in Ukraine: Putin races to grab territory with lightning advance days before meeting with Trump that could end war for good

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6 d. ago Trump confirms 'there will be land swapping' in Russia and Ukraine peace deal

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9 d. ago Donald Tusk says ‘freeze’ in Ukraine war may be close as US and Russia plan talks

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9 d. ago ‘Freeze’ in Ukraine war may be close, says Tusk, as US and Russia plan talks

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9 d. ago Ukraine conflict could be ‘frozen’ sooner rather than later, says Poland’s Tusk after talk with Zelenskyy – Europe live

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9 d. ago Trump ‘very disappointed’ in Putin on his deadline day for Russia to move towards Ukraine ceasefire – Europe live

The US president said further action in the form of sanctions and tariffs now dependent on the outcome of talks with his Russian counterpartThe US president Donald Trump’s original deadline for Russia to move on ending its invasion of Ukraine ends today.Asked if he was ready to follow through on his threats of sanctions and secondary tariffs, Trump told reporters last night:It’s going to be up to him. We’re going to see what he has to say. Continue reading...

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