PRAISE FROM PUTIN? Russian Prez Says Trump ‘Sincere,’ Hints at New Nuclear Deal Ahead of Summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised the Trump administration’s “energetic” and “sincere” push to end the war in Ukraine — and hinted the U.S. and Russia could reach a nuclear arms control deal at their summit in Alaska on Friday. Speaking to senior officials, Putin said the Anchorage talks could “create long-term conditions for peace between our countries, as well as in Europe, and in the world as a whole.” The current American administration, he added, is making “quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, stop the crisis and reach agreements that are of interest to all


