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After a meeting at the White House on Monday, the French president said that if there is no progress in talks, Russia should be hit with more sanctions.
Wesley Clark, U.S. Army General (Ret.) and former NATO supreme allied commander, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the push to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war, what's next after President Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy,
The leaders dropped everything to travel to Washington to ensure President Trump didn’t force a bad deal on Ukraine. A road map for peace remains elusive.
Another major talking point is on security guarantees. Trump says security guarantees for Ukraine would be "provided" by European countries with "coordination" by the US. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told the BBC that the UK negotiators will shortly be arriving in Washington for further planning on this.
Fiona Hill, who served as a Russia analyst on the National Security Council during Donald Trump ’s first term in office, said Sunday on CBS that Vladimir Putin’s decision to push baseless claims against mail-in voting during his summit with the U.S. president is a glaring “manipulation” tactic.
Ahead of the multilateral meeting, President Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to reach a resolution to the war for him. CNN’s chief national affairs correspondent Jeff Zeleny reports.