Overview

• The summit will open at 11:30 a.m. local time on Aug. 15 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson with a private one-on-one session, followed by delegation talks and a joint press conference.
• President Trump says he will push for an immediate Ukraine ceasefire and a subsequent trilateral meeting with President Zelenskyy, but has acknowledged a 25 percent chance the talks will fail and vowed to walk away if no progress is made.
• The White House confirmed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not attend because the invitation came solely from President Putin, a decision that has drawn strong criticism from Kyiv and Brussels.
• President Putin publicly praised Trump’s “energetic and sincere” peace efforts and indicated the agenda could extend to nuclear arms control talks and expanded economic ties between the two countries.
• European Union and Ukrainian leaders have expressed deep anxiety that a U.S.-Russia bilateral deal might compel Ukraine to concede territory and weaken Western security guarantees.