Trump gifts Putin more time to grind down Ukraine
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In doing so, Trump would abandon Europe, open the door for China to invade Taiwan, and reward Russian President Vladimir Putin for his unprovoked and pitiless invasion.
Alaska summit between Trump and Putin featured military displays and diplomatic talks about Ukraine conflict but produced only modest progress toward peace
After days of high-level diplomacy in Alaska and the White House, the plan, if there is one, is to follow Putin’s lead. What a disaster.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, was not invited to the Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage, but 1,000 Ukrainian refugees in Alaska will be watching with trepidation.
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith praised Trump for Russia-Ukraine negotiations, as one of the few prominent figures on the left to praise Trump.
Since Putin’s “Pursuing Peace” summit with Trump in Alaska last Friday, however, Russia has continued to bombard Ukraine with drone attacks and missiles, killing at least 10 civilians including an 18-month-old girl.
Putin seeks "a multilateral system of commitments that includes not only the West but also Russia itself," one expert told Newsweek.
Ukrainian soldiers fighting in the Kharkiv region expressed skepticism over diplomatic negotiations to the end the war in Ukraine after U.S.