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Home / Ukraine-Russia / Former U.S. Army Lt Col: Trump’s constant backtracking on Ukraine makes Putin meeting unpredictable
Ukraine‑Russia, Europe and Eurasia, Russia, Ukraine

August 13, 2025

Former U.S. Army Lt Col: Trump’s constant backtracking on Ukraine makes Putin meeting unpredictable

“The fifty days turned into ten days, and then the ten days turned into no days when the deadline came and went, no one talking about a thing.”

Trump’s unpredictable stance on Putin’s ceasefire deadlines fuels “confusion” and a “lack of clarity” ahead of the Alaska summit , says former US Army lieutenant colonel Daniel Davis.

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