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"Putin Wants to Get it Done, 25% Chance Of...' Trump Braces For "Chess Game" Summit In Alaska
US President Donald Trump estimated that there was a one in four chance of his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday (August 15) ending in failure."This meeting sets up the second meeting, but there is a 25 percent chance that this meeting will not be a successful meeting," Trump told Fox News described the Alaska summit "like a chess game", warning of a "25% chance that this meeting will not be a successful'. "The second meeting is going to be very, very important, because that's going to be a meeting where they make a deal," he told FOX. Earlier, Kremlin said Russian President and his US counterpart will discuss ways to settle the Ukraine conflict during their summit in Alaska. The meeting will be the first between sitting US and Russian presidents since 2021, and comes as Trump seeks to broker an end to Ukraine war. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION3:32 TRUMP WARNS '25% CHANCE' MEETING WITH PUTIN WILL FAIL4:36 US-RUSSIA TO REPLICATE 'WEST BANK-STYLE' MECHANISM IN UKRAINE?5:50 RUSSIA CLAIMS STRIKE ON UKRAINIAN MISSILE PLANTS6:55 UKRAINIAN DRONES SET RUSSIAN OIL REFINERY ABLAZE
