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Moscow feels it has the upper hand after talks end with no ceasefire in Ukraine and no sanctions imposed

It was the summit of no illusions. Even the offer to meet again in Moscow, made by Vladimir Putin in English at the end of his short final statement in Alaska, appeared tentative. “I might get a little heat on that one,” Donald Trump replied, with uncharacteristic hesitancy.

Putin will bring old guard loyalists and younger financial power brokers to meet Trump’s most trusted advisers

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin might be chasing different outcomes from the much anticipated Alaska summit on Friday. While the US president believes he can make a ceasefire deal with Putin, Russia's leader might have other ideas.

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Russian presidents suggests summit with Donald Trump in Alaska could result in nuclear arms deal; EU leaders praise US president for offering backup for European ‘reassurance force’. What we know on day 1,269

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The US president raised the prospect of European leaders being invited to a second meeting if the Alaska summit is successful.

The move might dissuade Trump from imposing new sanctions on Russia