Donald Trump arrived in Alaska expecting to strike a deal with Vladimir Putin to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Instead, the Russian president rejected his proposal outright " and launched into a lengthy historical lecture," the Financial Times reports. "With just a handful of advisers present, Putin rejected the US offer of sanctions relief for a ceasefire, insisting the war would end only if Ukraine capitulated and ceded more territory in the Donbas." "The Russian president then delivered a rambling historical discursion spanning medieval princes such as Rurik of Novgorod and Yaroslav the Wise, along with the 17th century Cossack chieftain Bohdan Khmelnytsky " figures he often cites to support his claim Ukraine and Russia are one nation." "Taken aback, Trump raised his voice several times and at one point threatened to walk out."