KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Donald Trump reversed course in the wake of his to say an overall peace agreement — not the — is the next step in ending the 3 1/2-year war in Ukraine.

In talks with European allies after Friday's summit in Alaska, Trump said Putin reiterated that that make up the Donbas. But Putin appeared open to the possibility of halting the stalemate in two other regions, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, with a freeze .

That is according to European officials familiar with the calls who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the talks at a U.S. military base between the American and Russian presidents. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has previously .

The aftermath of the summit offered little clarity about the next steps, other than Trump's commitment for mo

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