The high-stakes meeting between Trump and Putin concluded without a breakthrough on the Ukraine war, but there is a glimmer of hope as now at least they are talking

After three years of prolonged war in Ukraine an opportunity came to  end the war in the form of Alaska Summit, where Putin and Trump met to discuss the resolution of the crisis. Unfortunately, hopes were dashed to the ground as not much happened and breakthrough remained as elusive as ever. The  Summit concluded  with optics, symbolism and strong words — but no concrete agreement could be hammered out. Putin described the meeting as a “new understanding” and Trump called it as “progress,”  but beyond these statements  not much  headway could be made. It was indeed  not a  good idea from the beginning to exclude Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, the key........

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