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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty

Putin criticised by Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia after inconclusive meeting with Trump

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meeting in Alaska
Putin and Trump addressed reporters post-conference but took no questions, saying no final agreement had been reached. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images/Kremlin Press Office

Vladimir Putin remains determined to “revive the Soviet Union” by “destroying democracy next door”, Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia has said in the wake of the Russian president’s inconclusive meeting with the US president, Donald Trump.

Putin and Trump met for nearly three hours in Alaska, emerging to tell reporters that “great progress” had been made on a deal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine but that there was no peace agreement.

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