Russia's leader had good reason to look delighted by his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
get a load of how excited Trump is to see Putin
-- Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) Aug 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Trump told Zelenskiy after summit that Putin wants more of Ukraine
www.reuters.com
... U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because "Russia is a very big power, and they're not", after hosting a summit where Vladimir Putin was reported to have demanded more Ukrainian land.
In a subsequent briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a source familiar with the discussion cited Trump as saying the Russian leader had offered to freeze most front lines if Kyiv's forces ceded all of Donetsk, the industrial region that is one of Moscow's main targets.
Zelenskiy rejected the demand, the source said. Russia already controls a fifth of Ukraine, including about three-quarters of Donetsk province, which it first entered in 2014.
RUSSIA LIKELY TO WELCOME TRUMP'S COMMENTS
His various comments on the meeting mostly aligned with the public positions of Moscow, which says it wants a full settlement -- not a pause -- but that this will be complex because positions are "diametrically opposed". ...
Czech minister slams Putin's nonsense' Ukraine remarks in Trump briefing
www.politico.eu
... Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsk lambasted Russian leader Vladimir Putin after the Alaska summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, accusing him of talking garbage about the war with Ukraine.
"From Putin, we heard the same propagandistic nonsense about the 'roots of the conflict' that his state television promotes," Lipavsk wrote on X following statements from the two presidents. "The problem is Russian imperialism, not Ukraine's desire to live freely." ...
What did the Alaska talks between Trump and Putin achieve?
www.dw.com
... 'The winner is Putin'
A spokesperson for the German government in Berlin confirmed that Trump also informed Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other European heads of state and government about the talks in Alaska that morning.
Merz and the Europeans then discussed how to proceed without Trump. However, the spokesperson for the German government did not disclose what Trump had agreed, if anything, during the summit.
The Europeans continue to advocate for a three-way summit with Trump, Putin, and Zelenskyy at the table.
In their initial statements, foreign policy experts from the parties in the Bundestag expressed little hope for a breakthrough.
"The winner of this summit is Putin. He was received at the highest level in the US and at the same time managed to circumvent the US threat of secondary sanctions. And all this without making any concessions of his own," said Bundestag member Norbert Rttgen, of the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), in several interviews. ...
@#18 ... at the same time managed to circumvent the US threat of secondary sanctions ...
It looks that way.
Trump warns of severe consequences' if Russia doesn't stop Ukraine war after Putin meeting (Auguat 13, 2025)
thehill.com
... President Trump warned on Wednesday that there would be "severe consequences" for Russia if it did not agree to stop its war in Ukraine after his meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Friday.
"There will be consequences. I don't have to say. There will be very severe consequences," Trump told reporters during an event at the Kennedy Center.
The president previously threatened in July to impose sanctions and secondary tariffs on Russia if Putin did not agree to end the war within 50 days, a deadline he later shortened to early August. ...
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