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Donald Trump has put the onus on Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to reach a ceasefire with Russia after the US leader held direct talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Alaska on Friday.
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Trump said the direct talks with Putin on Friday did not yield an agreement to pause the war in Ukraine, though he claimed “great progress” during the nearly three-hour-long summit
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Putin, speaking through an interpreter, suggested the two leaders had hammered out “an understanding
‘Dialogue for the sake of dialogue’ - Kremlin tells Russian state media to highlight Putin’s role, lower expectations, and blame Ukraine in summit coverage
It is noteworthy that the Kremlin issued these ‘guidelines’ before the so-called ‘summit.’
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