Putin says reached 'understandings' with Trump on Ukraine war
Putin thanked the leaders of China and India for their support and efforts to "facilitate the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis"
Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed he reached "understandings" with US President Donald Trump about ending the war in Ukraine during a meeting in Alaska last month.
Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SOC) summit in Tianjin, Putin said the understandings were "opening the way to peace in Ukraine," reports BBC.
However, he did not confirm if he would agree to peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which Trump had reportedly set deadline for today (1 September).
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Putin continued to defend his invasion of Ukraine, once again blaming the West for the war and its constant attempts to bring Ukraine into NATO.
The Russian leader's comments come just days after Russia launched its second-biggest aerial attack on Ukraine.
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron had said that if Putin did not agree to talks by Trump's deadline, it would show that the Russian president was "playing" his US counterpart, the BBC report added.
Meanwhile, China and India, the biggest buyers of Russian crude oil, have been criticised by the West for propping up the Russian economy, which has been battered by the war.
Putin thanked the leaders of both countries for their support and efforts to "facilitate the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis."
