Call between the two leaders comes days ahead of US President Donald Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska. Russian President Vladimir Putin lauded the “bravery” and “heroism” of North Korean soldiers in retaking Russia’s Kursk region from Ukrainian forces during a call with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korean state media has reported. Putin told Kim that he …
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Leavitt press conference lowers expectations for Alaska summit – againpublished at 19:06 British Summer Time 19:06 BST Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent Yesterday, Donald Trump described Friday’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “feel-out meeting”. This afternoon, his press secretary Karoline Leavitt said it will be a “listening session”. Whatever you call it, the White House is clearly trying …
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Before stepping back into the Oval Office in January, United States President Donald Trump promised numerous times that he would broker a truce between Russia and Ukraine “within 24 hours”. Since then, as the war has escalated and peace has looked increasingly distant, he recently claimed that pledge was sarcastic. But a meeting between Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir …
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President Trump takes questions from reporters at the White House on Aug. 8. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Trump said on Monday that he plans to use a Friday summit in Alaska to gauge whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to end his war on Ukraine — and said he’d been disappointed in …
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US President Donald Trump has said he will try to get some territory back for Ukraine during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. “Russia’s occupied a big portion of Ukraine. They occupied prime territory. We’re going to try to get some of that territory back for Ukraine,” he told a news conference. Trump said the talks in …
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(Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) REMEMBER WHEN, A FEW WEEKS BACK, commentators suddenly started talking about Donald Trump’s “pivot” or “dramatic shift” on Ukraine and Russia? The promises of aid to the one and scary sanctions against the other? Trump’s tough talk about the “bullshit thrown at us” by Vladimir Putin and the “nice phone calls” followed by …
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