Trump, Ukraine and Putin
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German Chancellor Merz broke with the generally optimistic tone at the European leaders meeting at the White House on Monday, stating a ceasefire is necessary for peace.
Not even a full day after hosting European leaders who expressed solidarity with Ukraine, Trump on Tuesday reverted to his usual pro-Putin self.
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Amazon S3 on MSNTrump shows Ukraine war map, Russia calls it a slap to Zelensky, Europe fears US shift toward Moscow
During an Oval Office meeting on August 18, 2025, Donald Trump displayed a Ukraine war map highlighting territories under Russian control — a move Russia’s Foreign Ministry called a “strong slap” for President Zelensky.
Putin meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, as U.S. works with European allies on Ukraine security guarantees for potential peace deal.
Europe has allocated more money in direct, bilateral aid to Ukraine than the U.S. has during the war with Russia. But in President Donald Trump’s remarks surrounding recent meetings with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine,
Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the U.S. and Europe to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's collective defense mandate.
After meeting Vladimir Putin on Friday, President Donald Trump now has to win over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his European allies if his efforts to broker peace have any chance of success.
Trump gave his assurance that no American soldiers would be sent to protect Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia