Overview

• The summit is scheduled to start at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on Aug. 15 with a private meeting followed by delegation talks and a joint press conference.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Union officials will not attend the initial talks after the invitation came directly from President Putin.
• President Trump plans to press Putin for an immediate ceasefire and to arrange a subsequent trilateral meeting including Zelenskyy.
• Reports from U.S. envoy discussions in Moscow suggest the two sides have considered territorial-swap proposals involving parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• European leaders and Kyiv continue to demand Ukraine’s direct participation in any negotiations, a ceasefire before land talks, and rejection of any territorial changes by force.