The leaders' cancelled summit is just the latest twist in Trump's efforts to broker an end to the war, writes Anthony Zurcher.
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin was on hold, calling it potentially a “waste of time.” The decision to delay the Budapest talks, announced last week, followed a Monday call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
US President Donald Trump said Friday it was likely too soon to send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, suggesting the war with Russia could end without them, as he met President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House a day after agreeing to a new summit with Vladimir Putin.
The president did not announce a date for the meeting in Budapest, which he said will be preceded by talks between senior advisers.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday vowed to carry on fighting in Ukraine if a peace deal cannot be reached, striking a defiant tone a day before Kyiv's allies gather in Paris to discuss security guarantees.
Such a meeting, however, must have a meaningful agenda, the Russian president has said
Tensions have well and truly exploded after Donald Trump’s latest move, pushing one of the world’s most powerful leaders into Russia and China’s arms.
The Russian president also defended his decision to invade Ukraine, once again blaming the war on the West.
The Kremlin’s recalcitrant comments indicate the Trump administration’s whirlwind diplomacy has yielded little in the way of results.
President Trump seeks to broker a meeting of the two leaders to end the Ukraine war.
There is “reasonable chance” of stopping the fighting between Moscow and Kiev, the US president has said
The Ukrainian leader is trying to retain U.S. backing for his country’s defense without agreeing to Moscow’s territorial proposals for ending the war.
Behind the smiles in Alaska, the Trump-Putin summit left more questions than answers — and it played right into the Russian leader’s hands.
The red carpet has been rolled out for the Russian president at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage
