Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised the Trump administration’s “energetic and sincere” efforts to end the war in Ukraine and suggested that a nuclear arms control agreement could emerge from broader peace talks.
Putin made the remarks during an Aug. 14 meeting with senior Russian officials to brief them on negotiations with Washington ahead of his Aug. 15 summit with President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska.
“The current American administration is making, in my opinion, quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, stop the crisis, and reach agreements that are of interest to all parties involved in this conflict,” Putin said, according to a Kremlin transcript, translated from Russian….