Kremlin Says U.S.–Russia Contacts Ongoing on Ukraine Plan From Anchorage Talks

Overview

• Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Russia is in active contact with the United States on a Ukraine settlement grounded in the Alaska meeting’s understandings.
• Ushakov said the framework was conveyed to Kyiv and that Ukrainian authorities do not support it.
• He added that Washington has not officially declared the Anchorage understandings null and void.
• No binding deal emerged from the August 15 talks, and efforts to organize a follow-up Putin–Trump summit have failed so far.
• Earlier leaked accounts alleged recognition of Crimea and withdrawals in parts of Donbas, but the specifics remain disputed, with President Trump later telling Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Ukraine could retake all lost territory with EU help.