When Russia’s Vladimir Putin lands in Hungary — an EU and NATO member — for a summit with Donald Trump, it will present an uneasy sight for Ukraine’s allies, who have tried to isolate a leader they accuse of war crimes.

The U.S. President said on Thursday he may meet his Russian counterpart in Budapest within two weeks, adopting a more conciliatory tone towards Russia, just as it had looked like Washington could send Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv.

The choice of a country that is part of groupings that have spearheaded international efforts to help Ukraine and isolate Russia for the summit raised eyebrows among diplomats and analysts as much as the plan itself.

It was there that, in 1994, the United States, Britain and Russia signed the Budapest Memorandum, providing Ukraine with securit

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