Russia has accused the United States of failing to reach a “compromise” reached between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at a summit in Alaska last August, a move that suggests growing frustration in Moscow.
In three days, three senior Russian officials have said, without giving specifics, that Washington has not followed suit.
Their comments follow a surge in Ukrainian drone strikes deep into Russia — including two attacks last week on a Moscow oil refinery — and a Group of Seven summit where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Trump and other Western leaders that Kyiv was turning the tide of the war.
Moscow denies this, and has continued its heavy attacks.
Since Trump began trying last year to end the war in Ukraine, sometimes criticizing Putin but often blaming Zelensky for the failure to reach an agreement, the Kremlin has repeatedly thanked him for his efforts.
Since the Alaska summit, it has repeatedly spoken of the “spirit of Anchorage” – shorthand, analysts say, for Russia’s claim that Trump is backing his main demand that Ukraine cede all of the Donbas region in return for a freeze on fighting lines elsewhere.
