Trump, Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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President Trump announced the news on Truth Social hours after meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
President Donald Trump walked into a summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin pressing for a ceasefire deal and threatening "severe consequences" and tough new sanctions if the Kremlin leader failed to agree to halt the fighting in Ukraine.
The U.S. president declared Saturday that he would forego his previous demand for an initial ceasefire, making it easier for Putin to continue the war and dictate terms of a peace agreement at gunpoint.