El presidente Trump y el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin se reunieron en Alaska para una cumbre de alto riesgo sobre el fin de la guerra en Ucrania. Nancy Cordes y Margaret Brennan ofrecen cobertura y análisis.

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska for a summit focused on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the state of US-Russia relations. Both leaders described the meeting as productive and indicated progress was made, but no formal agreement was announced. The summit featured a military flyover and included top officials from both countries. 

The leaders made brief statements but did not take questions from the press, and the talks concluded earlier than expected. While both sides acknowledged the importance of Ukraine's security, there was no announcement of a ceasefire or concrete next steps. The outcome of the summit and the potential for future meetings, including with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, remain unclear.

Lo que sabemos de la cumbre de alto riesgo entre Trump y Putin

Como tú digas, Maurice, buenas noches. Los dos líderes dicen que han tenido una reunión productiva y que han avanzado en sus conversaciones. El presidente Putin dijo que llegaron a un entendimiento. El presidente Trump se apresuró a decir que no hay acuerdo hasta que haya un acuerdo, y dijo que mantener conversaciones con el presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelensky, y con los aliados estadounidenses de la OTAN. No aceptaron preguntas de la prensa. La cumbre comenzó con un caluroso apretón de manos. Trump y Putin se dieron la mano y sonrieron como viejos amigos en la alfombra roja. Hubo un sobrevuelo militar, que incluyó varios F-35 y un bombardero furtivo B-2 que voló desde una base de la Fuerza Aérea en Missouri. El Presidente Trump estuvo acompañado en la charla por el Secretario de Estado Marco Rubio y el Secretario Especial de la ONU para la Paz. Steve Whitkoff. Putin estuvo acompañado por dos de sus principales asesores en política exterior. Estamos ahora con Nancy Cordes en la Base Conjunta Elmendorf-Richardson, el sitio de la cumbre. John, antes de que estas conversaciones se pusieran en marcha, el presidente Trump dijo que había dos posibles resultados. Uno, que las reuniones irían bien y que aparecería en los podios detrás de mí con Vladimir Putin para hacer una conferencia de prensa conjunta. Dos, las reuniones irían mal y él haría una rueda de prensa solo y se dirigiría a Washington, D.C. Al final, ninguno de los dos llegó a pasar. En su lugar, después de sólo unas horas, el presidente Trump y Vladimir Putin salieron de su reuniones, subieron al escenario detrás de mí, hablaron durante un total de 12 minutos, hicieron comentarios vagos sobre el hecho de que podían trabajar bien juntos y que se habían hecho progresos, y luego se fueron sin contestar preguntas. Escucha lo que ambos han dicho sobre cómo han ido las cosas hoy. Voy a empezar a hacer unas llamadas y contarles lo que ha pasado, pero hemos tenido un reunión extremadamente productiva y se acordaron muchos puntos. Quedan muy pocos. Algunos no son tan significativos. Uno es probablemente el más significativo. Pero tenemos muchas posibilidades de conseguirlo. No llegamos, pero tenemos muchas posibilidades de llegar. Y estoy de acuerdo con el presidente Trump, como ha dicho hoy, en que, naturalmente, la seguridad de Ucrania también debe ser garantizada. Naturalmente, estamos dispuestos a trabajar en ello. Me gustaría esperar que el acuerdo que hemos alcanzado juntos nos ayude a traer y allanará el camino hacia la paz en Ucrania. Esperamos que Kiev y las capitales europeas lo perciban de forma constructiva y que no pongan trabas. No van a hacer ningún intento de utilizar algunos acuerdos de trastienda o para llevar a cabo provocaciones para torpedear el incipiente progreso. Por lo tanto, no está claro por qué estas reuniones terminaron antes de tiempo después de que estos dos líderes viajaran hasta Alaska. No está claro lo cerca que estuvieron, si es que lo estuvieron, de un alto el fuego, algo que Putin ha estado resistido durante años. Y no está claro a dónde van los dos líderes a partir de aquí. ¿Habrá otra cumbre que incluya al presidente ucraniano Volodymyr Zelensky? Estas son preguntas que estamos haciendo a la Casa Blanca. Aún no hemos recibido ninguna información, John. Lo que está claro es que no está claro. Nancy Cordes viajando con el presidente. Muchas gracias, Nancy. Nos acompaña ahora la moderadora de Face the Nation y corresponsal jefe de asuntos exteriores, Margaret Brennan. Margaret, ¿qué piensas de eso? Bueno, ya sabes, John, estaba mirando lo que el presidente dijo en una entrevista justo antes de empezar las conversaciones, y dijo, no estaré contento a menos que me vaya con un alto el fuego. No creo que se haya ido con un alto el fuego, ninguno que le haya dicho al mundo, ciertamente ninguno que Vladimir Putin reconociera. De hecho, Vladimir Putin habló de renovar una relación de negocios, dijo, ya sabes, que ahora tienen una relación de confianza. Esto parece más un parche a los deshilachados lazos diplomáticos entre los dos países... que, sólo para recordar a todos, se habían deshilachado porque Rusia lanzó un ataque a gran escala invasión de Ucrania en 2022, lo que llevó a la administración Biden a acumular sanciones sobre Rusia y realmente tratar de aislarla y castigarla. El presidente Trump tiene la oportunidad de poner más sobre él. Eso es lo que trajo a Putin a esta mesa de negociaciones. Tampoco hemos oído que se enfrentará a consecuencias por no llegar a un acuerdo. ¿Lo sabremos en las próximas horas? Estamos esperando. De acuerdo. La otra cosa que estábamos buscando era si habría, como el presidente prometió de antemano, otra rápida reunión de seguimiento que incluiría a Vladimir Zelensky. No se habla de eso. No. Y ya había planes en marcha. Hablando de lugares. Funcionarios de EE.UU. estuvieron hablando conmigo sobre eso. ¿Dónde irían, y sería aquí, o sería en Europa? Aún no lo sabemos. Si vale la pena, ciertamente no se mencionó ninguna de las cosas que habían sido articulado en esas múltiples conferencias telefónicas con los líderes europeos por el vicepresidente en los últimos días, cosas como garantías de seguridad para Ucrania. Si no entran en la OTAN, bueno, ¿quién en Europa? ¿Y participa EE.UU. diciendo, bueno, os defenderemos, al menos durante el tiempo que queda parte de tu país, que Rusia no se haya comido ya? Hemos estado mostrando ese mapa con el 20 por ciento del territorio que las fuerzas rusas actualmente mantienen. Hay-hay pequeños parches allí. Ucrania todavía está dentro. Pero la inteligencia de EE.UU. evalúa esta guerra está girando a favor de Rusia. Y es por eso que la idea de ganar tiempo es importante.

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