JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he and President Donald Trump have reached an “understanding” on Ukraine and warned Europe not to “torpedo the nascent progress.”
Speaking moments later, Trump said he’d yet to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy but that he’d be speaking to him and European leaders soon.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin met for about 2 1/2 half hours on Friday at a summit in Alaska that started with a handshake, a smile and a ride in the presidential limousine — an unusually warm reception for a U.S. adversary responsible for launching the largest land war in Europe sin