Russia jubilant after Trump summit as Putin reportedly demands of Donetsk and Luhansk

Russia's President Vladimir Putin during his meeting with US President Donald Trump on Friday. Picture: AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

Russia’s reaction to Donald Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska has been nothing short of jubilant, with Moscow celebrating the fact that the Russian leader met his US counterpart without making concessions and now faces no sanctions despite rejecting Trump’s ceasefire demands.

“The meeting proved that negotiations are possible without preconditions,” wrote the former president Dmitry Medvedev on Telegram. He added that the summit showed that talks could continue as Russia wages war in Ukraine.