US EditionRussian politicians hail Alaska summit as victory for Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed a diplomatic victory as Moscow vowed to continue its Ukraine offensive, while Ukrainian leaders expressed concern over the summit's impact on Western unity.
- Russian politicians hailed the Alaska summit between Putin and Trump as a victory for Moscow and Russia's narrative on the war in Ukraine.
- Senior lawmaker Andrei Klishas portrayed the summit as a coup for Russia and a loss for Ukraine and its allies, saying "the tasks of the SMO will be accomplished either by military or diplomatic means".
- While the summit yielded no agreement to resolve the conflict, Putin and Trump described the talks as productive, with Russia's state media stressing the pageantry and Putin's warm welcome after being ostracized by Western leaders.
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der Standard DEEven though not everything is known about agreements made between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Russian media portals celebrate the meeting as a success
The US-Russia summit brings Kremlin chief Putin back to the diplomatic stage. A large part of his ideas now also occupy Europe and could provide for a delicate realignment there. There was no movement for Moscow on other important issues.
After all, I think that Trump has done a good job. At least he knows how far he wants to go who attacked Ukraine, and what spoils he needs to stop, and what he can return to the Black Sea or elsewhere.
After the Alaska summit, the Presidents of the United States and the Russian Federation can soon choose to renounce war for Russian-occupied territories in exchange for Western security assurances, wrote Constantin Eggert.
Donald Trump's stance at the Alaska summit is seen as a call for surrender in the face of Moscow's demands. It sounds like a betrayal to Ukraine, a country already marked by the failure of the 1994 Budapest memorandum.
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