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Trump Backs Off Cease-Fire Demand in Ukraine War, Aligning With Putin  The New York Times Why is Zelenskyy bringing a posse of European leaders to the US for peace talks?  Sky News Europe is sending heavy hitters to Washington alongside Ukraine’s president to bolster Kyiv  Politico Zelenskyy outlines peace demands before high-stakes White House meeting with Trump  Fox News EU’s von der Leyen to …

During Saturday night, many Ukrainians stayed up and anxiously waited for news from the Alaska summit  between US President Donald Trump and Russia’s head of state Vladimir Putin. For some, there was hope the talks could lead to some sort of end of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Many Ukrainians though feared the price for this might be territorial concessions Kyiv would be …

TIME DIFFERENCES meant that most Ukrainians only learned about the Alaska summit on Saturday morning. Though their initial reaction was relief, now they are dreading what comes next. The immediate sigh of calm was understandable. The feared grand bargain in Anchorage between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had not materialised. Initial reports highlighted that the talks at an American military …

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia refusing to accept a ceasefire was complicating efforts to end Moscow’s more than three-year-long conflict, after a summit between the US and Russian presidents yielded no deal on ending the war: “We see that Russia rebuffs numerous calls for a ceasefire and has not yet determined when it will stop the killing. This complicates the situation,” …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump took the unique step of crafting a letter that calls for peace in Ukraine, having her husband President Donald Trump hand-deliver it to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Friday meeting in Alaska. The letter did not specifically name Ukraine, which Putin’s forces invaded in 2022, but beseeched him to think of children and “an …

U.S. President Donald Trump backs a Russian proposal for Moscow to take full control of two Ukrainian regions and freeze the front line in two others which Moscow only partially controls, a source told AFP. The source with knowledge of the matter said Russian President Vladimir Putin “de facto demands that Ukraine leave Donbas,” an area consisting of the Donetsk …

Putin, who addressed reporters first, pontificated about how Ukraine poses “fundamental threats” to Russian security, and discussed the need to “eliminate all the primary causes of the conflict.”  The Kremlin has long pointed to a list of “root causes” of the war, including preventing Ukraine’s NATO membership and false claims that Nazis are running the Ukrainian government. Trump, in his …

Putin wins Ukraine concessions in Alaska but did not get all he wanted  Reuters In Alaska, Trump gifts Putin more time to grind down Ukraine  CNN Trump reveals 10 striking takeaways from Putin summit in Hannity interview  Fox News Russia sees victory as Trump adopts Putin’s approach to ending Ukraine war  The Washington Post After Trump greets Putin with red carpet treatment, Ukrainians feel …

Trump Bows to Putin’s Approach on Ukraine: No Cease-Fire, Deadlines or Sanctions  The New York Times After Putin Summit, Trump Backs Plan to Cede Land in Ukraine: Live Updates  The New York Times Zelenskyy outlines peace demands before high-stakes White House meeting with Trump  Fox News Trump drops ceasefire demand for Ukraine war after summit with Putin  The Washington Post Trump to meet Zelensky …

Putin reportedly demands Ukraine withdraw from Donetsk and Luhansk as a condition for ending the war Pjotr Sauer At the Alaska summit, Putin demanded Ukraine withdraw from Donetsk and Luhansk as a condition for ending the war, but offered Trump a freeze along the remaining frontline, two sources with direct knowledge of the talks told the Guardian. Although Luhansk is …