No ceasefire deal comes out of Trump-Putin talks, but here's what they did agree on

The positions of Moscow and Washington may gradually converge to the point where World War III can be avoided, but the danger is that time is not on our side.

President Trump’s nearly three-hour phone conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Tuesday failed to produce a ceasefire in the Ukraine war, but it did produce some other areas of common ground.

Key areas of agreement to come out of Tuesday’s talks included a ceasefire on attacks aimed at the energy infrastructure of both Russia and Ukraine.

The White…