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Archbishop who met with Putin admits he made a mistake by not calling for end to Ukraine war.

Katie Hawkinson 

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Putin invites Trump to Moscow An American Orthodox archbishop has apologized after he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.Putin and President Donald Trump met last week at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss an end to Russia’s three-year-long war in Ukraine. After their summit, Putin met with Archbishop Alexei, the bishop of Alaska for the Orthodox Church in America.

Two top leaders of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, Metropolitan Antony and Archbishop Daniel, called the meeting “a betrayal of the Gospel of Christ and scandalous to the faithful,” in an August 18 statement.

“At a moment when the Russian regime is responsible for the invasion of the independent and peaceful nation of Ukraine and for the death of hundreds of thousands, for the disappearance of countless innocents, for the tearing of families apart, and for the deliberate destruction of Ukraine,” the pair wrote. “To extend warm words of welcome and admiration to this ‘leader’ is nothing less than an endorsement of his actions.”

According to the New York Times, more than 500,000 deaths and injuries have been confirmed since the February 2022 invasion. Most of the casualties, 300,000, have been Russian military fighters....

 SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA NÓI THÊM VỀ TRUMP - PUTIN HỌP THƯỢNG ĐỈNH Ở ALASKA THỨ SÁU VỪA QUA- CỘNG SẢN LUÔN COI HÒA ĐÀM CHỈ LÀ TRẬN CHIẾN CÂN NÃO - KHÔNG BAO GIỜ THẬT TÂM - HỌ LUÔN ÂM MƯU ĐI TÌM CHIẾN THẮNG SAU CÙNG - KHI ĐỐI PHƯƠNG NGỦ QUÊN SAU THỎA THUẬN NGƯNG CHIẾN./-Mt68

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Eastern European officials react with skepticism to Putin’s comments

From CNN’s Laura Sharman, Nina Subkhanberdina and Daria Tarasova-Markina

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky and Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene 

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Senior government officials in Eastern Europe have reacted with skepticism to comments made by Russian President Vladimir Putin following the Alaska summit.

While saying he was interested in ending the conflict, Putin said the primary causes needed to be “eliminated” for that to happen, adding that the “situation in Ukraine” had to do with “fundamental threats to (Russia’s) security.”

In a post on X on Saturday morning local time, Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene accused Putin of “more gaslighting and veiled threats,” a reference to the Russian leader issuing a warning to Ukraine and Europe not to “sabotage” progress made at the summit.

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said in a statement that he welcomed US President Donald Trump’s efforts but doubted Putin’s interest in a deal, according to Reuters.

“If Putin were serious about negotiating peace, he would not have been attacking Ukraine all day today,” he said.

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Trump and Putin skipped Q&A because “exhaustive statements were made,” Kremlin spokesperson says

From CNN’s Laura Sharman and Nina Subkhanberdina

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin skipped answering questions at Friday’s joint news conference because their statements said it all, according to the Kremlin’s spokesperson.

“Exhaustive statements were made,” Dmitry Peskov said when asked why the two leaders only delivered remarks at the news conference, according to Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency.

“The conversation is really very positive, and the two presidents spoke about it. This is the very conversation that allows us to confidently continue moving forward together on the path of seeking resolution options,” Peskov said, RIA reported.

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Trump calls Hillary Clinton "very nice" over Nobel Prize remarks

From CNN's Adam Cancryn

President Donald Trump said he appreciated Hillary Clinton saying she’d nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize if he brokered peace in Ukraine — even as he maintained he’s not campaigning for the award.

“I don’t want to be involved in such stuff,” he said, before adding that his former presidential rival’s remarks were “very nice. If she said that, it’s very nice. I really appreciate it too, actually.”

Clinton said earlier Friday that she would personally nominate Trump for the prize if he were the “architect” of ending Russia’s war on Ukraine, but only if he could do so without Ukraine having to cede territory to Russia.

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Trump says Putin and Zelensky want him at future joint meeting: "I'll be there"

From CNN's Kit Maher

President Donald Trump delivers a statement during a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Friday in Anchorage, Alaska. 

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President Donald Trump said that both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky want him to attend a future potential meeting between the two leaders to discuss a path to peace.

“They both want me there,” Trump said in a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity. “They both want me there, and I’ll be there.”

Asked if he was confident peace could happen in a relatively short time period, Trump replied: “Fairly short, yeah.”

Trump also conceded that he was wrong to think the Russia-Ukraine conflict would be “the easiest” of all the conflicts to solve, harkening back to his campaign promise to end the war in 24 hours.

“I thought this would be the easiest of them all, and it was the most difficult,” Trump said.

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Trump says no summit deal reached with Putin over ending war in Ukraine.

August 16, 2025

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said that nearly three hours of direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday did not yield an agreement to pause Moscow's war in Ukraine, though he characterized the meeting as "very productive."During brief remarks to reporters, the two leaders said they had made progress on unspecified issues, but they offered no details and took no questions.The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your day. Sign "There were many, many points that we agreed on. I would say a couple of big ones that we haven't quite got there, but we've made some headway," Trump said, standing in front of a backdrop that read, "Pursuing Peace.""There's no deal until there's a deal," he added.It was not immediately clear whether the talks had produced meaningful steps toward a ceasefire in the deadliest conflict in Europe in 80 years, a goal that Trump had set at the outset.In brief remarks, Putin said he expected Ukraine and its European allies to accept the results of the U.S.-Russia negotiation constructively and not try to "disrupt the emerging progress."

"I expect that today's agreements will become a reference point, not only for solving the Ukrainian problem, but will also launch the restoration of business-like, pragmatic relations between Russia and the United States," Putin said.There was no immediate reaction from Kyiv.The anticlimactic end to the closely watched summit was in stark contrast to the pomp and circumstance with which it began. When Putin arrived at an Air Force base in Alaska, a red carpet awaited him, where Trump greeted Putin warmly as U.S. military aircraft flew overhead.Putin, the summit - the first between him and a U.S. president since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 - was already a big win, regardless of its outcome. He can portray the meeting as evidence that years of Western attempts to isolate Russia have unravelled and that Moscow is retaking its rightful place at the high table of international diplomacy.

Trump3-1/2-year-old war that Putin started will bring peace to the region as well as bolster his credentials as a global peacemaker worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize.Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court, accused of the war crime of deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. Russia denies the allegations, and the Kremlin has dismissed the ICC warrant as null and void. Russia and the United States are not members of the court.Both Moscow and Kyiv deny targeting civilians in the war. But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority Ukrainian, and the war has killed or injured well over a million people from both sides.Item 1 of 9 President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15. REUTERS/Kevin LamarquePresident Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueTrump and Putin, along with top foreign-policy aides, conferred in a room at an Air Force base in Anchorage, Alaska in their first meeting since 2019.Trump's publicly stated aim for the talks was to secure a halt to the fighting and a commitment by Putin to meet swiftly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to negotiate an end to the war, which began when Russia invaded its neighbor in February 2022.Zelenskiy, who was not invited to the summit, and his European allies had feared Trump might sell out Ukraine by essentially freezing the conflict and recognizing - 

if only informally Russian controlTrump sought to assuage such concerns as he boarded Air Force One, saying he wouldlet Ukraine decide"I'm not here to negotiate for Ukraine, I'm here to get them at a table," he said.Asked what would make the meeting a success, he told reporters: "I want to see a ceasefire rapidly ... I'm not going to be happy if it's not today ... I want the killing to stop."Zelenskiy has ruled out formally handing Moscow any territory and is also seeking a security guarantee backed by the United States.The meeting also included U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio; Trump's special envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff; Russian foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov; and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.Trump, who once said he would end Russia's war in Ukraine within 24 hours, conceded on Thursday it had proven a tougher task than he had expected. He said if Friday's talks went well, quickly arranging a second, three-way summit with Zelenskiy would be more important than his encounter with Putin.Zelenskiy said Friday's summit should open the way for a "just peace" and three-way talks that included him, but added that Russia was continuing to wage war. A Russian ballistic missile earlierstruck Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, killing one person and wounding another."It's time to end the war, and the necessary steps must be taken by Russia. We are counting on America,"Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

Reporting by Andrew Osborn and Darya Korsunskaya in Moscow; additional reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason in Washington; Writing by Guy Faulconbridge, Gareth Jones and James Oliphant Editing by Jon Boyle, Philippa Fletcher, Rod Nickel and Alistair Bell Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.