Trump-Putin Ukraine Peace Summit on Hold After Moscow Rejects Ceasefire

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A proposed meeting in Hungary between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine has been called off after Moscow rejected an immediate ceasefire proposal and demanded territorial concessions from Kyiv as part of any deal. Trump says he doesn't want a meeting to be "a waste of time."

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00:00A meeting between U.S. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been put on hold

00:04after Putin rejected a ceasefire proposal for the war in Ukraine.

00:08No, no, I don't want to have a wasted meeting. I don't want to have a wasted time, so I'll see what happens.

00:14But we did all of these great deals, great peace deals. They're all peace deals.

00:20They're agreements, solid agreements, every one of them.

00:24Trump last week said he and Putin would meet soon in Hungary to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine.

00:30But Moscow rejected calls for an immediate truce, insisting that Ukraine give up territory as part of any deal,

00:36a condition that Kiev rejects.

00:38While the summit in Hungary appears off for now, Trump says there could be more developments soon.

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