James Gilmore to Newsmax: Ukraine, Russia Hold to Unchanged Demands

Russia and the United States are maintaining “diametrically opposed goals” for resolution in the ongoing war in Ukraine, former Virginia Gov. James Gilmore told Newsmax Saturday while commenting on Friday’s summit in Alaska between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

“They’re in the same positions,” Gilmore told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend.” “I’m not surprised that there was not a peace deal yesterday.”

He added that he believes Trump “wishes that we would go to a peace deal immediately instead of a ceasefire.”

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