Overview

• Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on August 15 in the first face-to-face between sitting U.S. and Russian leaders since 2021 to discuss ending the Ukraine war.
• A joint statement from European Union and NATO members demands that negotiations begin from the current line of contact, be preceded by a ceasefire or reduction in hostilities, and include robust security guarantees for Ukraine.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked European leaders for backing his call for Kyiv’s direct participation and warned that any deal reached without Ukraine’s consent would be unworkable.
• A White House official said preparations focus on a bilateral Trump-Putin session while President Trump remains open to a later trilateral meeting with President Zelenskiy.
• Trump’s remarks about possible territory swaps have deepened Kyiv’s alarm and prompted allies to insist on reciprocal land exchanges tied to credible guarantees.