
US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin are seen during the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. — Reuters/File
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US President Donald Trump said Friday that he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska August 15, aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
Trump announced on social media when he said that parties, including Ukrainian President Woldmeer Zelannski, are close to a ceasefire agreement, which could resolve the three -and -a -half -year conflict, in which Ukraine may need to surrender to the main area.
Addressing reporters at the White House early Friday, Trump suggested that an agreement would include some land exchange.
The Republican president said, “Some areas will be changed for the betterment of both.”
Speaking to the nation on Friday, Zillski said that as long as proper pressure on Russia is applied, a ceasefire is possible. He said he had discussed more than a dozen with the leaders of different countries, and his team was in constant contact with the United States.
Putin claims that the four Ukrainian region – Lohnsk, Donetsk, Zaporzia and Khuserson – as well as the Crimea of the Indian Ocean, which they had affiliated with in 2014. Their forces do not fully control all the four regions.
Earlier, Bloomberg News reported that US and Russian officials were working towards an agreement that would be seized by the occupying area during the Moscow military invasion.
A White House official said the story of Bloomberg was being speculated. A Kremlin spokesman did not respond to a comment.
Reuters was unable to confirm the Bloomberg report aspects.
Earlier, Ukraine indicated the willingness to be flexible in search of an end to the war, which has destroyed its cities and cities and killed a large number of soldiers and civilians.
But accepting the loss of the fifth part of the Ukraine region will be a tragic and politically challenging and politically challenging for Zilnski and his government.
The US Department of State’s Deputy Deputy Special Economic Rehabilitation Representative, Tyson Barker, said the peace proposal described in the Bloomberg report would be immediately rejected by Ukraine.
“The Ukrainian people who can best do the best to resolve their objections and negotiations, while thanking them for their support,” said Barker, a senior Atlantic Council colleague, Barker.
According to Bloomberg, under the Potato Deal, Russia will stop its aggression in the areas of Kersen and Zapirizia on the current war posts.
Trump and Putin
The last time Alaska hosted a high -ranking diplomatic gathering, in March 2021, when senior officials of the Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration met with senior Chinese officials in the anchor.
Biden’s top diplomat, Antony Blankon and his Chinese counterpart, together, together with Yang Jachi, turned into a surprising public confrontation in front of the cameras, the two sides raised the sharpness of other policies that reflect high tensions in bilateral relations.
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has moved to improve relations with Russia and has tried to end the war. In his public comments, he has wandered between Putin’s praise and strong criticism.
In a sign of Putin’s refusal to stop Russia’s military aggression, Trump threatened to impose new sanctions and taxes against Moscow and countries on Friday until buying its exports until the Russian leader ended the deadly conflict since World War II.
Until Friday evening, it was unclear whether these sanctions would be implemented or delayed, or canceled.
On Wednesday, the administration took a step towards punishing Moscow oil users, which imposed an additional 25 % of the tax on Russian oil imports from India, which identified Trump’s fines before Russia’s goal.
Trump’s special envoy, Steve Watkov, had a three -hour conversation with Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, which was declared constructive by both sides.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, a close ally of Ukraine, had earlier said on Friday that a break in the dispute could be near. He was talking after a conversation with Zilnski.
“There are some indicators here, and we also have an intuitive, that perhaps a gymnasium in the conflict – I don’t want to say end, but in the dispute, it is much closer to it,” Tusk told a news conference. “There are hopes for that.”
Tusk also said that Zilinsky was “very cautious but hopeful” and that Ukraine wanted that Poland and other European countries play their part in planning for a ceasefire and final peace settlement.