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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Oct 17 • 8 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X

Putin pissed off Trump after a 40-minute historic lecture in Alaska.

Trump came with a ceasefire proposal, and Putin refused it. Trump lost patience, ended the meeting early, and scrapped all follow-up talks, FT.

[Second lecture in Budapest?] 1/

Putin claimed Ukraine was part of Russia’s historical core.

He listed Rurik, Yaroslav the Wise, and Bohdan Khmelnytsky as proof of shared origins and accused the West of inventing Ukraine to break up the “Russian world.” 2/

Alaska blowup exposed bad prep. Trump’s envoy Witkoff told Washington that Putin was ready to compromise.

Instead, Putin demanded Ukraine’s surrender, regime change, and an end to NATO support. Trump ended the discussion on the spot. 3/

The meeting showed Trump that Putin wasn’t interested in peace.

Back in Washington, he stopped trying to bargain and started pressuring Moscow. Washington let Europe buy U.S. weapons for Ukraine, shared intel for strikes on Russian energy sites, and hinted Kyiv could get Tomahawks next. 4/

Putin tried to fix it with flattery, calling Trump a “peacemaker” and saying he deserved the Nobel Prize.

Trump thanked him publicly but brushed it off privately. After Alaska, he saw Putin as unreliable and someone who wasted his time. 5/

The fallout also unsettled Moscow. Russian officials admitted Putin “overreached.”

Within days, Lavrov blamed U.S. allies for pressuring Trump to walk away, saying “they fooled him.” The Kremlin now worries Trump may lean harder on Kyiv’s side. 6/

Trump still plans another meeting with Putin in Budapest but no date is set. European officials called it “high-risk” but noted that Trump now treats Putin as a problem to manage. 7X

Source: ft.com/content/7af3b4…

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Let it sink in: Putin told Trump Ukraine must surrender

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