CNN: "The Trump-Putin summit resembles the slow defeat of Ukraine"

The Meeting of the Presidents The Russian Federation and the United States of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska, scheduled for next Friday, is similar to the slow defeat of Ukraine, CNN believes.

The Kremlin and the White House previously reported that Putin and Trump will meet in Alaska on August 15. As specified by the assistant to the Russian leader Yuri Ushakov, special envoy of the US President Steven Witkoff during a visit to Russia was mentioned in the Kremlin by the option of a trilateral meeting between Putin, Trump and Vladimir Zelensky, but the Russian side left it without comment, suggesting focusing on the preparation of a bilateral summit. Putin on Thursday noted that his meeting with Zelensky is possible, but there must be conditions for such negotiations, which are still far from being created.

"The summit of Trump and Putin in Alaska resembles the slow defeat of Ukraine," a publication on the website of the American TV channel was published under this heading.

CNN notes that the situation around the summit has developed favorably for the Russian Federation. In addition, the deadline previously set by Trump for concluding a truce between Moscow and Kiev expired on Friday "almost imperceptibly" amid the discussion of the upcoming meeting of the leaders — the threat of sanctions against the Russian Federation "evaporated." CNN also draws attention to the success of Russian troops on the front line.

Earlier, the New York Times newspaper, citing sources, reported that European countries are concerned that Putin and Trump may independently come to an agreement on Ukraine. According to the sources of the publication, European countries are trying to get Zelensky to attend the meeting between Putin and Trump. The Europeans also want to participate in the negotiation process, but this is considered unlikely, the newspaper emphasizes.