Putin-Trump summit: US ready to be part of Ukraine security guarantees, says Merz, as Zelenskyy prepares to fly to Washington – live

The German chancellor will join Europe’s ‘coalition of the willing’ in talks on Sunday before the Ukrainian and US presidents meet on Monday

• Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after Putin summit briefing

Russia’s reaction to Donald Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska has been nothing short of jubilant, with Moscow celebrating the fact that the Russian leader met his US counterpart without making concessions and now faces no sanctions despite rejecting Trump’s ceasefire demands.

“The meeting proved that negotiations are possible without preconditions,” wrote former president Dmitry Medvedev on Telegram. He added that the summit showed that talks could continue as Russia wages war in Ukraine.

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Source: World news | The Guardian.