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Trump en Route to High-Stakes Meeting with Putin in Alaska
President Donald Trump ‘s face-to-face high-stakes summit with President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday could determine the fate of European security as well as the trajectory of the war in Ukraine. The exclusion of President Volodymyr...
The Alaska Factor: Where Opposites Meet
The Beginning of the End of the War in Ukraine and the Paradoxical Effect of Climate Change An article by Fracesco Grillo for Vision. Alaska is the geographical place where opposites touch. And this is true if you consider that here, in a stretch...

Watch live: Trump and Putin hold high stakes Ukraine summit in Alaska
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What’s at Stake in the Alaska Summit
Today, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting in Alaska in a negotiation effort to initiate a ceasefire and hammer out an eventual deal to end the war in Ukraine. That this meeting is even happening is a credit to...

Trump’s Alaska Summit: Paving the Way for Ukrainian Peace and Democratic Revival
As tensions in Eastern Europe continue to simmer, all eyes are on the high-stakes summit scheduled for August 15 in Alaska, where U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a potential end to the ongoing...

Trump Putin Alaska Summit: Here’s What’s On Agenda To Find Common Ground Towards Future
United States President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday in a bid to find common ground that could lead to a ceasefire in a three-year-long war between Russia and Ukraine. President...

Trump Putin meeting: Russian foreign minister arrives in Alaska wearing 'CCCP' shirt, here's what it means
The much-awaited meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will take place on Friday in Anchorage city of Alaska (a US state which was once part of Russia). Trump has warned there is a significant chance...
McFarland to Newsmax: Trump-Putin Alaska Summit ‘All About Option C’
As President Donald Trump sits down with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a high-stakes summit in Alaska, KT McFarland, former Trump deputy national security adviser, told Newsmax that Friday’s meeting is “all about option C.” “President Trump...

Trump–Lukashenko Call Sets Tone for Putin–Trump Alaska Summit on Ukraine
Trump–Lukashenko Call Sets Tone for Putin–Trump Alaska Summit on Ukraine On August 15, U.S. President Donald Trump and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko held a phone conversation ahead of the highly anticipated Alaska summit between Trump...

‘Goal Is To Get Putin To Talks Table, Not Negotiate For Ukraine’: Trump On Alaska Meet
Last Updated:August 15, 2025, 19:12 IST Trump said aim is to bring Putin to the negotiating table at the Alaska summit, not to strike a deal for Ukraine Donald Trump speaking at a presser in the White House. (Reuters)US President Donald Trump said...

Trump and Putin travel to Alaska for a key meeting on Ukraine
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, are heading to Anchorage, Alaska, to hold their first face-to-face meeting since 2018, in a meeting marked by the prospect of opening peace negotiations...

Ukraine ‘counting on’ Trump at high-stakes US-Russia summit in Alaska
Kyiv said it was “counting on” US president Donald Trump to persuade Russian president Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiating table and end his invasion of Ukraine, as the two leaders flew to Alaska for a high-stakes summit. Mr Trump and Mr...

Oil Prices Slip As Markets Await Trump-Putin Summit In Alaska
Home business Oil Prices Slip As Markets Await Trump-Putin Summit In Alaska At Friday's meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska, a ceasefire in Ukraine is at the top of the agenda. Oil prices slipped on Friday as traders awaited...

WATCH LIVE: Trump, Putin Meet in Alaska Summit
(CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the Trump administration’s “energetic” efforts to stop the war in Ukraine and hinted that Moscow and Washington could strike a deal on nuclear arms control during their summit on Friday in Alaska....

Donald Trump, Putin Meeting in Alaska: US Russia Summit on Ukraine War Peace Talks
US President Donald Trump is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, in what is being described as a historic US Russia summit. The high-profile Donald Trump Putin meeting will take place at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage,...

Trump departs Washington for meeting with Putin in Alaska
US President Donald Trump has departed Washington to Anchorage, Alaska ahead of his highly anticipated peace summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The face-to-face talks are expected to start around 9pm South Africa time, in what Trump has...

KYIV Stock Falls On Nasdaq Debut As It Becomes First Ukrainian Company To List On US Exchange
The Nasdaq debut follows the completion of Kyivstar’s business combination with Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I. Kyivstar (KYIV), Ukraine’s largest mobile telecommunications provider, marked a milestone on Friday as its shares began trading on...

Trump arrives for pivotal summit with Putin in Alaska that could reshape the war in Ukraine
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — (AP) — President Donald Trump arrived in Alaska on Friday for a pivotal summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin that could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations between Moscow and Washington. Trump was...

Russian Aircraft Descend Upon Alaska Ahead Of Trump-Putin Meeting
As US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet today, a trio of Russian widebody Ilyushin IL-96-300 aircraft have landed in Alaska with Putin now en route to a summit ostensibly focused on ending the war in...

Trump and Putin to meet at high-stakes Alaska summit over ending Ukraine war
6m ago Head of Russian Orthodox Church delivers speech ahead of Alaska summit The Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, delivered a speech ahead of the meeting between Mr. Trump and Putin. "Nothing can...