Meeting by Trump and Putin: The summit to Ukraine – what we know and what not

The encounter of Donald Trump with Vladimir Putin was the first personal meeting of a US president with the Kremlin boss since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine in February 2022. After that, the two statesmen remained very vague in press statements. A little more penetrated the public later.

According to the Kremlin, the negotiations lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes, the subsequent statements by Trump and Putin together for twelve minutes. Questions from the journalists present were not approved. Putin and Trump praised the conversations as constructive and productive. Trump then informed the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj, other European state and government heads as well as NATO general secretary Mark Rutte about the exchange with Putin.Selenskyj, on Monday to Washington. Putin and Trump have no statements about a possible ceasefire. Trump considers a few points to be unclear after the conversation with Putin, but has been agreed in many points. Trump later wrote Truth Social in his online service, “everyone” agreed that the best way was to achieve a peace agreement and no ceasefire agreement. Putin sees a chance for a stronger economic exchange with the USA. of the Ukraine conflict.

The content of the agreements mentioned by Putin that could be the starting point for a solution to the Ukraine conflict is not known. Trump speaks of the fact that there are still very few open points, including the most important – what is there? Speak in Alaska without obligation about another meeting. It remains unclear whether Putin Trump officially invited to Moscow. According to Kremlin, there is no date for a next meeting of the two. Trump had said before the summit that there should be a second meeting, including the Ukrainian President Selenskyj. It is open whether it comes about. According to Kremlin, a three-person meeting in Anchorage was not an issue.