Zelensky: In Alaska, Trump granted Putin de-isolation

From Sky News, Sept. 16:

"Mr Zelenskyy told... that Mr Putin "wanted to escape from political isolation" with the Alaska summit, and believes "he should have paid more" for the meeting with the US president.

"He should have received a setback in this war and stop," he said. "But instead, he received de-isolation. He got the photos with President Trump.

"He received public dialogue, and I think this opens the doors for Putin into some other summits and formats, because that's how it is, and we see that, we observe this, and I don't think he paid anything for it."...

Mr Zelenskyy added that it is "very important not to give Mr Putin this space, because otherwise he won't feel compelled that he has to stop the war".

"He's waging the war and everyone is trying to stop him by arguing, by asking him - but instead force should be used," he said. "He understands force. That's his language. That is the language he understands."