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Putin suggests Russia and U.S. could make a deal on nuclear arms control
- Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a summit in Alaska on Friday to discuss Ukraine and nuclear arms control.
- The meeting comes ahead of the New START treaty’s expiration on February 5, 2026, which currently limits deployed nuclear warheads to 1,550 each.
- Putin praised U.S. efforts to halt the Ukraine conflict and suggested the two countries could reach an agreement on strategic offensive arms control.
- Trump ordered two nuclear submarines closer to Russia in response to threatening comments by Dmitry Medvedev, reflecting unease despite summit preparations.
- The summit will focus on achieving long-term peace through arms control agreements and enhanced Russia-U.S. cooperation on trade and security issues.
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Putin hails Trump’s "energetic and sincere" efforts to end Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on August 14 that the United States was making "sincere efforts" to halt the war in Ukraine and suggested Moscow and Washington could agree a nuclear arms deal as part of a wider effort to strengthen peace. France 24's Philip Turle tells us more.
The Russians withdrew from the previous US-Russian nuclear treaty in 2023, but it would have expired in 2026 anyway.
Putin Praises Trump’s Ukraine Peace Push, Suggests US–Russia Nuclear Arms Deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised the Trump administration’s “energetic and sincere” efforts to end the war in Ukraine and suggested that a nuclear arms control agreement could emerge from broader peace talks. Putin made the remarks during an Aug. 14 meeting with senior Russian officials to brief them on negotiations with Washington ahead of his Aug. 15 summit with President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska. “The current Amer…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the U.S. government was making "sincere efforts" to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and suggested that Moscow and Washington could reach an agreement on nuclear arms control. In a meeting in the Kremlin with the leading Russian military and civilian leaders, Putin said he was informing them of the status of negotiations on Ukraine with the U.S. and of bilateral talks with Kiev.
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