Trump-Putin summit postponed: The proposed summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been postponed for now. Moscow has refused to winnow demands for an firsthand armistice in Ukraine. A White House official confirmed on Tuesday that the two leaders have no plans to meet in the near future.
Efforts to negotiate Ukraine war stalled
Last week, Trump spoken that he and Putin would meet in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, to make efforts to end the ongoing war in Ukraine. The last meeting of the two leaders was in Alaska in August. However, to prepare for this meeting, the meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, which was to be held in Budapest on Thursday, has moreover been cancelled.
Russia sticks to its stance
“I want to officially personize that Russia has not reverted its position from the understanding reached during the Alaska summit,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, speaking to reporters in Moscow. He said that increasingly important than the stage and place of the next summit is that the understanding reached in Alaska be implemented.
Russia's conditions for peace
Russia says that for lasting peace, it is necessary to alimony Ukraine a non-nuclear state and not include it in the US-led NATO alliance. Putin has said many times surpassing that he is ready for peace talks, but for this the root causes of the war have to be resolved first.
Four civilians killed in Russian attack
According to reports, on Tuesday Russia launched a massive wade in Ukraine. The wade killed four people and left thousands of homes without power in the Chernihiv region. Local officials said that seven people were moreover injured in the drone attacks. It is believed that these Russian attacks are an struggle to weaken Ukraine's energy system surpassing winter.
