Trump, Russia and Ukraine
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The US president will meet his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington on Monday in the wake of his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin on Friday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held calls on Saturday with his Turkish and Hungarian counterparts, the Russian foreign ministry said, hours after a summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents yielded no deal on ending the war in Ukraine.
Trump spoke directly with Zelenskyy and European leaders early Saturday about the U.S. potentially joining a NATO-style security guarantee for Ukraine as part of a deal with Russia, according to two senior administration officials and three sources familiar with the discussions.
As Trump and Putin meet in Alaska, two twin islands connected by an ice bridge in the Bering Strait are a reminder that the US and Russia's culture and history are deeply intertwined.
US President Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on other countries that buy Russian oil, in an attempt to pressure Moscow to end the war in Ukraine. But the United States and Europe themselves are still doing billions of dollars in trade with Russia.
President Donald Trump warned that "severe consequences" lie ahead for Russia if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't agree to stop the Ukraine war after they meet for a high-stakes summit in Alaska on Friday.
Following are reactions from world leaders to the summit on Friday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which did not resolve Moscow's war in Ukraine.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said that between 11:00 and 14:00 Moscow time today (09:00 and 12:00 BST), 10 Ukrainian drones were “intercepted and destroyed” across Russia. Eight were in the Belgorod region and two in Krasnodar Territory, southern Russia.