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White House says Trump-Putin meeting is a 'listening exercise'
The meeting aims to initiate peace talks on Ukraine with hopes for a follow-up involving President Zelenskyy amid concerns over land swaps and severe consequences if talks fail.
- U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting on Friday, August 15, in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss ending Russia's war in Ukraine with territorial control as a key agenda.
- The meeting follows over three years of conflict since Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and the full-scale invasion launched in 2022, with Ukraine and its allies urging no territorial concessions without Kyiv's consent.
- Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, described the summit as an opportunity for Trump to listen and gain a clearer understanding of ways to potentially end the conflict, emphasizing that only one side of the war will be present and that some territorial exchanges are anticipated.
- Trump said the meeting may be the only one if it does not yield needed answers and will make clear to Putin that all options, including tariffs on nations buying Russian oil, remain on the table.
- The event signifies a cautious diplomatic move with lowered expectations, highlighting challenges as Putin views the meeting as a personal win while Ukraine insists it must participate for any legitimate peace effort.
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Alaska's history is closely interwoven with Russia, where Trump meets Putin. The enthusiasm for the geopolitical summit is limited by many residents.
In 1867 the United States bought Alaska from Russia (and in Moscow there are those who would want it back). A century and a half later, Alaska could decide the future of the war in Ukraine.
To surprise he chose Alaska. A location completely different from Rome, the eternal city that could have served as a face-to-face frame between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Moscow's no, however, evaporated the Italian hypothesis. At that point the White House opted for the military base Elmendorf's Richardson of Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska. An evocative and surprising choice. Meanwhile because Alaska was Russian until 1867: Putin, …
Inside the Putin-Trump Alaska summit: Arctic power and Ukraine's future
As former Russian territory sold to the United States in 1867, Alaska carries a symbolic weight a bridge between two nations linked by history and the Arctic, even as they stand on opposite sides of a war.Russian President Vladimir Putin's likely route to the U.S. this week is a short one: just 55 miles across the Bering Strait from Chukotka to Alaska. The path avoids third-party countries and contested airspace and would be coordinated with U.S…
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