What does Putin-Trump meet for the war in Ukraine mean? | Russia-Ukraine War

The highly anticipated summit between the leaders of Russia and the United States ended without an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.

Despite this, US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin say that “great progress” has been made during “constructive” talks in Alaska.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not invited. Instead, after a long telephone call with President Trump, he went to the White House on Monday.

So, have the cease-fire options been discussed behind closed doors?

Could the end of the war finally be in sight?

And what does the summit mean for Russian-American relations?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Andrei Fedorov – Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Russia

Thomas Pickering – Former American ambassador to Russia and the United Nations

Oleksiy Goncarenko – politician and member of the Ukrainian parliament