Let’s make this simple. After the red carpets were rolled away and the B-2 bomber returned to its hangar, here’s what the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska in August produced: further Russian escalation of war crimes in Ukraine. Put clearly: Vladimir Putin answered Donald Trump’s disdain for pointless death with more unprovoked bloodletting. The US president went to Alaska having promised “severe consequences” if his Russian counterpart didn’t agree to a cease-fire in Ukraine. Since the summit, Putin has launched hundreds of drones and missiles—targeting civilian infrastructure and regions far from the front lines, while killing and injuring dozens of Ukrainians. An August 28 attack on Kyiv killed more than twenty civilians, including four children, and wounded forty-eight more people.
It’s time for Trump to put maximum pressure on Putin – Atlantic Council
