Trump arrived at the base in Alaska 40 minutes before the planned beginning of the meeting with Putin. The Russian president, as announced, later landed at 21 Polish time. When Vladimir Putin got off the plane, Trump stopped on the red carpet and waited, applauding himthen hugged the Russian leader's hand. They both mentioned a few sentences and They came across photos. When they entered the platform for photographers, the heads of politicians flew the American B-2 bomber, assisted by other machines.
Then the reporters asked Vladimir Putin when he stops killing civilians. The Russian president made a gesture, which he showed that he would not hear the question. A moment later both leaders They got into the limousine and went to the military base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage to talk about the war in Ukraine.
The Trump-Putin meeting took place not “face-to-three”, and three out of three “-said the spokeswoman for the White House Karoline Leavitt. On the American side, apart from Trump, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff were present. On the Russian side – the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov and adviser to President Jurij Ruszakov.
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump press conference
15 minutes after midnight, Donald Trump's main meeting with Vladimir Putin ended, in which their advisers also took part. The conversation began at 21:26, so it lasted almost three hours. Then the leaders of the US and Russia organized a joint press conference.
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump
– It remains to be hoped that the agreement we reached will open the way to peace in Ukraine. I hope that in Kiev and European capitals they will not accept it as a provocationand try to harm potential progress in this matter. By the way, with the arrival of the new US administration, double -sided trade began to grow – said Vladimir Putin during the conference.
He also pointed out that if the current US president were the leader of the United States in 2022, there would be no war in Ukraine. The President of Russia said he warned Joe Biden that the situation could escalate. He praised Donald Trump. – We built a specific contact. I have grounds to assume that we can reach the end of the conflict in Ukraine He added.
In turn, Donald Trump said that “he always had great relations with the President of Russia.” – We had many difficult and good meetings. We were disturbed by the noise around Russia, but he understood it. We had to deal with this confusion. He knew it was a scam, I also knew it was a scam. What happened was criminal and It made us a bit difficult for us from our business point of view – said the US president. He added that together with the Russian leader they achieved “great progress”. The conference ended without asking questions.
The lunch of the US and Russia leaders
The presidents of the US and Russia also had a common lunch, which, however, was canceled. After the conference, Donald Trump got on the plane and flew to Washington, and Vladimir Putin to Moscow.
The cameras also captured the farewell to the leaders.
The US president commented on the summit in Alaska in an interview with Fox News. – I think it can be done now, but it depends on the President of Zelnski whether it will succeed. I would also say that European countries have to get involved a little, but it depends on the President of Zelnski Trump said. He announced that now the leaders of Russia and Ukraine were to meet and added that they both want him to be at the meeting. He stated that the meeting could occur quite quickly, without denying the journalist when he suggested September.
In turn, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pieskov decided that “This conversation allows you to boldly follow the path of searching for variants of regulation” conflict – wrote the Interfax agency.
