US President Donald Trump has stated that on 18 August, he did not speak with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in the presence of European leaders, as this would have been disrespectful to the Kremlin head.
“This time the President [Zelenskyy] will be in a suit, but the style still remains in a military key,” one of the Ukrainian president’s designers told POLITICO.
Zelensky warns against “rewarding” Russia as he heads into high-stakes talks with Trump, European leaders, and NATO after Putin summit fails to deliver ceasefire.
In an Aug. 16 video, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico praised the recent Putin-Trump summit in Alaska and repeated Kremlin propaganda about the "root causes" of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"If they do not have the will to implement a simple order to stop the attacks, it may take a great deal of effort to get Russia to implement something much more significant, namely peaceful coexistence with its neighbors for decades to come."
Russian President Vladimir Putin's first trip to the United States in a decade signals a break from the diplomatic isolation that followed his 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The package includes geographical maps intended to justify Russia's territorial claims and ongoing military aggression, Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation claimed.
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