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[**WashingtonPost**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/12/trump-putin-meeting-ukraine-alaska/)

> President Donald Trump described his summit Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine as a ***“feel-out meeting.”***
> 
> Russian forces have made significant territorial gains at key positions on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine, military analysts and Ukrainian officials reported Tuesday — **advances that could give Russian President Vladimir Putin added incentive to forgo a truce in favor of continued fighting.**
> 
> **Russian units in the past days have consolidated gains close to the cities of Kramatorsk and Dobropillya in the Donetsk region, analysts and officials said.** Both cities have served as major hubs for the Ukrainian military, and Kramatorsk in particular remains home to thousands of civilians.
> 
> **Russia’s strengthened positions across the eastern front came as President Donald Trump appeared to lower expectations Monday for his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, describing the much-anticipated summit as a “feel-out meeting” to “see what he has in mind” regarding a potential deal to halt the war.**
> 
> ***“Probably in the first two minutes, I’ll know exactly whether or not a deal can be made,” Trump told reporters on Monday. He said he planned to tell Putin,` “you gotta end this war”` and to see if there’s “a fair deal” on the table. He also again referred to [potential territorial concessions](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/09/ukraine-zelensky-trump-russia-meeting/) without details.***

**He’s going to tell Putin “you gotta end this war”?**  **What the hell? Never mind the massive role the US has played in instigating and perpetuating this war all along?? Does he believe his own spin? Does anyone believe it?**

> He added, ***“I may leave and say ‘good luck,’ and that’ll be the end.”***

**Read the entire article at the link provided!**