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Zelenskyy accuses Trump of giving Putin 'what he wanted' at Alaska summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was sharply critical of the summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, saying the meeting gave Putin "what he wanted."


Zelenskyy accuses Trump of giving Putin 'what he wanted' at Alaska summit

"It's a pity that Ukraine was not there, because I think President Trump gave Putin what he wanted," Zelenskyy told ABC's Martha Raddatz on Sunday.

"There were many, many points that we agreed on, most of them, I would say, a couple of big ones, that we haven't quite gotten there, but we made some headway. So, there's no deal until there's a deal," Trump said at a joint press appearance following the summit. 

While not agreeing to a ceasefire, Putin endorsed the idea of Ukrainian security guarantees at the press conference and called the talks "constructive."

"I agree with President Trump, as he has said today, that naturally, the security of Ukraine should be ensured as well. Naturally, we're prepared to work on that," Putin said. 

However, in a subsequent Aug. 18 meeting with Trump, the two got along much more favorably. 

When asked if he would take Putin up on an offer to meet in Moscow, Zelenskyy rejected the idea, saying that if the Russian president wanted to meet while the war was still raging, they could do it in Kyiv. 

"Putin doesn't want to meet with me, but he wants very much to meet with the president of the United States to show everybody video and images that he is there," Zelenskyy told Raddatz. 

The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. 

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