British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and fellow European leaders praised U.S. President Donald Trump for his efforts to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine with a bilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Although no ceasefire or concrete peace deal was agreed to in Anchorage, Alaska, between Washington and Moscow, there is room for optimism about potentially ending the three and a half year war, British and European leaders expressed on Saturday.
“President Trump’s efforts have brought us closer than ever before to ending Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine. His leadership in pursuit of an end to the killing should be commended,” British PM Starmer said per the Times of London .
This sentiment was shared by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who commented : “For years we hav