WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - For the first time since starting his second term in January, President Donald Trump plans on meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin face to face.

Trump made the announcement Friday afternoon during an event at the White House. He later posted on social media the meeting is planned for August 15 in Alaska.

“I think my instinct really tells me that we have a shot at it, okay? And you’ll find that out later on, maybe even today. But we have a shot at it. Look, it’s got to be solved,” Trump said Friday.

In three-and-a-half years of fighting, there’s been roughly one-and-a-half million reported casualties from both sides according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Although he sees this meeting as a opportunity to end the bloodshed, Tr

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