"According to officials briefed on the tense Anchorage meeting, Trump arrived expecting to trade sanctions relief for a ceasefire. Instead, per the Financial Times, Putin dismissed the proposal outright and demanded Ukrainian concessions before launching into a lengthy history monologue spanning medieval princes such as Rurik of Novgorod and Yaroslav the Wise, along with the 17th century Cossack chieftain Bohdan Khmelnytsky. The narrative is one Putin has frequently retold in making his case that Ukraine and Russia are one nation, the outlet reported."
"Visibly frustrated, Trump reportedly raised his voice several times and, at one point, threatened to walk out. He eventually cut the meeting short and the officials said he later scrapped a scheduled lunch between U.S. and Russian delegations. By evening, he alarmed Kyiv and European allies by declaring a great and successful day in Alaska. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several Western leaders rushed to Washington worried Trump had been sold on concessions."
A planned Alaska summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin collapsed after Putin dismissed a sanctions-for-ceasefire proposal and launched into a lengthy history monologue about medieval princes and Cossack warlords. Trump arrived expecting sanctions relief for a ceasefire, became visibly frustrated, raised his voice, and threatened to walk out before cutting the meeting short. Putin framed Ukraine and Russia as one nation, a view disputed by Ukrainian officials and many historians. The episode pushed the U.S. toward a harder line: allowing Europe to buy U.S. stockpiled weapons, supporting strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, and threatening long-range missiles while stopping short of sanctioning Russian energy exports.
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