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Trump wants Ukraine to have say on territory talks with Russia, Macron says  Reuters Trump told Zelensky he wants ceasefire from Putin summit  Axios European Leaders Urge Trump to Press Putin to Meet Zelenskiy  Bloomberg.com Trump agreed only Ukraine can negotiate territorial concessions, Macron says  politico.eu French President Macron says Trump was ‘very clear’ that U.S. wants to achieve ceasefire at summit with Putin …

“If today we leave Donbas, from our fortifications, from our reliefs, from the heights that we control, we will clearly open a bridgehead for preparing an offensive by the Russians. In a few years, Putin will have an open path to both the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro regions. And not only that. Also to Kharkiv.” Trump said on Monday that a …

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine could not agree to a Russian proposal to give up more of his country’s territory in exchange for a ceasefire because Moscow would use what it gained as a springboard to start a future war. The Ukrainian president said he did not believe that Donald Trump supported Russia’s demands, and he expressed hope the US …

Russia tries to make sudden advance in Ukraine before Trump-Putin summit  Reuters Russian troops pierce Ukraine’s patchy defenses in Donetsk, days before Trump-Putin summit  CNN Ukraine sends reserves to stop Russian advance in east amid diplomatic push  Al Jazeera Russian breach sparks alarm on Ukraine’s eastern front  Financial Times Russian Military Makes Surprise Push in Ukraine Ahead of Trump Talks  The Wall Street Journal Source …

Russian forces advance in Ukraine as Trump tempers outlook for Alaska summit  The Washington Post Russia tries to make sudden advance in Ukraine before Trump-Putin summit  Reuters Russian troops pierce Ukraine’s patchy defenses in Donetsk, days before Trump-Putin summit  CNN Russian breach sparks alarm on Ukraine’s eastern front  Financial Times Russian Military Makes Surprise Push in Ukraine Ahead of Trump Talks  The Wall Street Journal …

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 …

Trump: Russia and Ukraine peace requires “land swapping”  Politico Putin Tells U.S. He’ll Halt War in Exchange for Eastern Ukraine – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal Trump goes after Zelenskyy over ‘land swapping’ dispute, lays out ‘feel out meeting’ with Putin  Fox News Trump says he’ll be feeling out Putin as US officials rush to finalize details of Alaska summit  CNN Trump and Putin …

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 …

The Russian and Ukrainian air forces have traded air strikes across the front over the past week, in an intensification of air combat that for most of the war has been heavily in favor of Kremlin airmen. Russian strike aircraft, since Aug. 4, kept to a long-established pattern of targeting Ukrainian frontline positions along with civilian infrastructure, using long-range glide …

(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 …