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Trump puts Russia on notice over Ukraine as two leaders prepare to meet
Russia was an indirect beneficiary of the war in Gaza in that it distracted the U.S. and other Western countries from its ongoing war in Ukraine.
But now that there's a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and a fledgling peace process has begun, U.S. President Donald Trump is turning his sights on ending the war in Ukraine.
The president said Thursday that he and other "high-level advisors" will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss how to end the war. It comes following a call with the two leaders in which Trump said Putin had congratulated him on the "great accomplishment of peace in the Middle East."
Trump and Putin's planned summit in Hungary boosts an authoritarian ally
President Donald Trump’s announcement that Budapest could host a second summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine was celebrated by Hungary’s authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday.
“Budapest is essentially the only place in Europe today where such a meeting could be held, primarily because Hungary is almost the only pro-peace country,” Orbán told state radio, according to The Associated Press. “For three years, we have been the only country that has consistently, openly, loudly and actively advocated for peace.”
Orbán, who has maintained his far-right populist rule for 15 years, also suggested that his opposition to Western nations supplying military and financial aid to Ukraine had played a role in his capital being selected as the site for the talks.
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