US President Donald Trump on Aug 15 advised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to make a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
He made the comments on Fox News following a near three-hour summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, where they did not reach an agreement to resolve Moscow\u2019s war in Ukraine although the US leader characterised the meeting as \u201cvery productive\u201d.<\/p>\n
When asked about his advice to Mr Zelensky, Mr Trump, who has since left Alaska, said: \u201cGotta make a deal. Yeah. Look, Russia is a very big power, and they\u2019re not. They\u2019re great soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also said that Mr Zelensky and Mr Putin were going to set up a meeting to try to reach a ceasefire.<\/p>\n
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\u201cNow, it\u2019s really up to President Zelensky to get it done. And I would also say the European nations, they have to get involved a little bit. But it\u2019s up to President Zelensky… And if they\u2019d like, I\u2019ll be at that next meeting,\u201d he told Fox News\u2019 Sean Hannity after meeting Mr Putin in Alaska.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re going to set up a meeting now between President Zelensky and President Putin and myself, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Aug 16 that the question of a three-way summit between the Russian, US and Ukrainian presidents had not been discussed, Russian state news agency Tass reported.<\/p>\n
Mr Ushakov said he did not know yet when Mr Putin and Mr Trump would meet again following the summit in Alaska.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump added that he will not have to think of retaliatory tariffs on countries buying Russian oil right now but may have to \u201cin two or three weeks\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, because of what happened today, I think I don\u2019t have to think about that,\u201d he told Fox News\u2019 Sean Hannity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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