Putin's IBS<p>Statement by President <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Macron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Macron</span></a>, Prime Minister <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Meloni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meloni</span></a>, Chancellor <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Merz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Merz</span></a>, Prime Minister <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a>, President <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stubb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stubb</span></a>, Prime Minister <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tusk</span></a>, President <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Costa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Costa</span></a>, President <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/von_der_Leyen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>von_der_Leyen</span></a></p><p>Early this morning, President <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> debriefed us and President <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Zelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zelenskyy</span></a> following his meeting with the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> President in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a> on 15 August 2025.<br>Leaders welcomed President <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s efforts to stop the killing in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, end <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>’s war of aggression, and achieve just and lasting peace.</p>