Russian President Vladimir Putin teased a potential deal on nuclear arms control while crediting President Donald Trump 's administration for being "energetic" and "sincere" in its approach to end the war in Ukraine ahead of a summit in Alaska scheduled for Friday (August 15).

Putin told senior officials that the meeting between Russia and the United States could “create long-term conditions for peace between our countries, as well as in Europe, and in the world as a whole" during a briefing on Thursday (August 14) via CNN .

A potential deal could happen if both sides can “reach agreements in the area of control over strategic offensive weapons,” according to Putin. The U.S. and Russia had previously signed the New START pact in 2011 capping strategic nuclear weapons deplo

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