Overview

• The leaders will convene at the Elmendorf-Richardson base in Anchorage on August 15 to press for a ceasefire in the three-year war.
• Trump warned that Moscow would face “very grave” consequences if Putin does not agree to stop the fighting.
• He proposed an almost immediate follow-up trilateral summit with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski if the Alaska talks yield substantive commitments.
• European leaders held videoconferences with Washington to insist that Ukraine must participate in any agreement and to reject forced territorial concessions.
• The White House has temporarily eased certain financial sanctions on Russia through August 20 to facilitate meeting logistics, and analysts reported Russia’s biggest 24-hour advance in over a year just before the summit.