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Putin admits no agreement was reached with Trump to end Ukraine war
Key takeaways
- There were indeed no agreements reached in Anchorage, Putin told a state television reporter on Sunday.
- Putin at the time declared the so-called agreement will pave the path toward peace in Ukraine.
- More recently, top Kremlin officials have accused the Trump administration of not honoring the supposed deal, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last week suggesting that the summit was a U.S.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
There were indeed no agreements reached in Anchorage, Putin told a state television reporter on Sunday.
Nobody signed anything, but we discussed certain possibilities for ending the conflict in Ukraine, and the compromises that were discussed were precisely those proposals that were put forward by the American side to us, the Russian leader added.
The admission comes after Russia for months insisted the Alaska meeting was a diplomatic turning point in the war in Ukraine, with a path to end the fighting mapped out at the gathering but stalled in its implementation due to Ukrainian resistance.
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