Overview

• The Alaska summit remains scheduled for 15 August and may be followed by a trilateral meeting with President Zelensky, though no invitation has been confirmed
• European Union capitals have organized emergency virtual consultations—including scheduled calls with President Trump on 13 August—to press for Ukraine’s inclusion and to coordinate a unified Western negotiating stance
• President Zelensky has publicly rejected any territorial concessions to Russia and warned that rewarding Moscow with land would be unacceptable
• Russian forces have claimed fresh gains around Donetsk and continued strikes in Zaporizhzhia, highlighting the conflict’s persistence ahead of the talks
• Brussels officials and Kyiv warn that a bilateral U.S.–Russia deal excluding Ukraine risks redrawing borders without Kyiv’s consent and undercutting transatlantic solidarity