Overview

• The summit will begin at 11:30 a.m. local time at Elmendorf-Richardson with a private tête-à-tête, followed by a working lunch, expanded delegations and a joint press conference.
• The Kremlin’s delegation includes Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov—who arrived in Alaska on Friday—alongside senior ministers and advisers listed by Moscow.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is excluded from the bilateral talks, though President Trump proposes a swift follow-up tripartite meeting including Kyiv.
• European leaders insist that any discussion of Ukrainian territory must involve President Zelensky and prioritize a verifiable ceasefire.
• Russian forces claim fresh advances on the Donetsk front, prompting new evacuation orders and reshaping the negotiations’ balance of power.