"Plans for an in-person meeting between United States President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in the next two weeks in Budapest, Hungary, fell apart on Tuesday, after Trump proposed freezing the Russia-Ukraine war with a ceasefire along the current front lines. Apparently signalling that no meeting would take place anytime soon, Trump told the media at the White House on Tuesday: I don't want to have a wasted meeting. I don't want to have a waste of time, so I'll see what happens."
"Putin has called for the complete disarmament of Ukraine and for Russia to keep any territory it has seized during the war if it is to agree to a ceasefire. Ukraine has baulked at the notion of ceding land, and Trump has been unable to make any headway between the two positions."
Plans for an in-person meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest collapsed after Trump proposed a ceasefire freezing the war along current front lines. Trump said he did not want a wasted meeting and would wait to see what happens. A prior hasty summit in Alaska also produced no results. The conflict has killed tens of thousands and is the deadliest war in Europe since World War II. Putin demands Ukraine's disarmament and retention of seized territory in any ceasefire. Ukraine rejects ceding land, and no compromise has been reached.
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