US: Alaska Summit To Be Listening Exercise For Trump, White House Says Firstpost America
The White House has described President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as 'a listening exercise for the president.' The meeting is scheduled for August 15 in Anchorage, Alaska. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt emphasised that Trump agreed to the face-to-face discussion to better understand how to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Ukraine and its allies must work together to pressure Russia into ending its invasion, ahead of talks in Berlin with European leaders and US leader Donald Trump.
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