Overview

• The summit is scheduled for Aug. 15 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, described by the White House as a “listening exercise” on Ukraine and a potential ceasefire.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and any EU officials are excluded, prompting Kyiv and Brussels to demand direct Ukrainian participation in negotiations.
• President Trump has floated swapping occupied territories as part of a peace arrangement, raising alarm among Ukraine and its European allies.
• European leaders and the Coalition of the Willing held joint calls urging Washington to reject a unilateral U.S.-Russia deal and to bind any truce to enforceable security guarantees.
• Security preparations include closing Anchorage’s airspace and close coordination between the U.S. Secret Service and Russia’s Federal Protective Service for the unprecedented meeting.