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US President Trump will meet Russian President Putin in Alaska to discuss ending the Russia-Ukraine war. The summit will be held at a military base.
Ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, US President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to end the Russia-Ukraine war, saying that he inherited this from Joe Biden, but he’s going to get it stopped.
This will be the first in-person meeting between Trump and Putin since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
“We’re going to get it stopped. I inherited this from Joe Biden, but we’re going to get it stopped," the US President said.
.@POTUS on his “mindset" ahead of tomorrow’s meeting with President Putin: “We’re going to get it stopped. I inherited this from Joe Biden, but we’re going to get it stopped." — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 14, 2025
According to CNN, Trump and Putin will hold a joint press conference following their upcoming meeting in Alaska.
The much-awaited meeting is scheduled to take place on Friday. During the Alaska summit, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold talks over ending the war in Ukraine. Interestingly, the high-stakes meeting will take place at a military base in Alaska that was crucial to countering the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War and still plays a role today, news agency AP reported, citing a White House official.
Trump has said that a peace deal might include swapping land between Russia and Ukraine. He also suggested that Zelenskyy and Putin could meet next — or that he might meet with both of them.
“There’s a very good chance that we’re going to have a second meeting, which will be more productive than the first, because the first is I’m going to find out where we are and what we’re doing," AP quoted Trump as saying on Wednesday. “It’s going to be a very important meeting, but it’s setting the table for the second meeting," he added.
The BBC reports that Putin has stated Russia would agree to a ceasefire if the Ukrainian government withdrew from the four partially Russian-controlled regions — Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia. He also insisted that Ukraine must formally abandon its bid to join the NATO military alliance, the outlet added.
Meanwhile, Zelensky has expressed deep concerns over being excluded from the upcoming summit, warning that any peace deal excluding Kyiv will lead to dead solutions. Officials from Ukraine and Europe fear that the one-on-one meeting they will not take part in could lead to a result favouring Russian goals.
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