Putin, Trump and Moscow
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According to Russian foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, the call took place after midnight Moscow time. Trump reportedly briefed Putin on his negotiations with Zelensky and the European leaders.
The Russian president and Trump emissary held talks in Moscow days before the White House deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with 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.
After Trump concluded his remarks at the joint press conference by thanking Putin, he said in English: "Next time in Moscow," to which Trump responded that the remark would get him "a little heat," but that he "could see it possibly happening.
There was no deal reached at the summit to end Russia’s 3-year-plus invasion of Ukraine. The conditions being presented to Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who will meet with Trump on Monday, seem to be: Surrender chunks of territory, including unconquered land, for little in return.
President Donald Trump said Monday during talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders that a potential ceasefire and who gets Ukrainian territory seized by Russia