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US Russia Alaska Summit highlights: European leaders back Putin-Trump-Zelensky meeting
US Russia Summit Alaska highlights: The high-profile summit between Trump and Putin ended without any breakthrough to halt the Ukraine war.
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US Russia Summit Alaska highlights: The high-stakes meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday lasted over two hours, with Trump describing it as a “very productive meeting.” However, no clear position emerged on resolving the war in Ukraine, which Trump characterised as just one among several issues discussed, alongside prospects for expanded trade and business cooperation....Read More
The talks commenced on Friday at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska’s largest US military installation. It has historically served as a Cold War surveillance site monitoring the Soviet Union.
Alongside Trump were US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff, while Putin was joined by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that the Russian side hopes to continue this “useful conversation” during Friday's Russia-US summit in Alaska.
This marked Putin’s first visit to Western soil since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, with Russia showing no signs of slowing its military advances just prior to the summit.
What happened in the Trump-Putin meeting?
At the event, Putin spoke first, describing the talks as useful and saying they took place “in a constructive atmosphere.” He referred to unspecified agreements with Trump and indicated that Ukraine was just one of several topics raised, highlighting the potential for greater trade and business ties, along with cooperation in the Arctic and space exploration.
Putin thanked Trump for the “friendly” tone of their discussions and stressed that Russia and the United States should “turn the page and go back to cooperation.”
He commended Trump as someone who “has a clear idea of what he wants to achieve and sincerely cares about the prosperity of his country, and at the same time shows understanding that Russia has its own national interests.”
This came after the longest ever face-to-face meeting between the two leaders. Yet, despite their extensive conversation, neither offered clarity on what was discussed or where common ground was reached — a vagueness likely to heighten concerns in European capitals and in Kyiv about being sidelined in any agreement.
“We had a very productive meeting. There were many, many points that we agreed on — most of them I would say — a couple of big ones that we haven’t quite gotten there, but we’ve made some headway,” Trump said, adding that he would brief Zelenskiy and NATO allies on the summit’s outcome.
Trump closed his remarks by thanking Putin and saying, “we'll speak to you very soon and probably see you again very soon.” When Putin smiled and suggested, “next time in Moscow,” Trump replied, “that's an interesting one” and admitted he could face criticism but “I could see it possibly happening.”
The summit on Friday began with a carefully staged scene, with Trump welcoming Putin to American soil — his first US visit in nearly ten years. The two met on the tarmac, where Trump applauded as Putin approached, greeting him with a firm handshake and a pat on the arm. For Putin, the occasion offered an opportunity to reset ties with Washington, and it suggested his charm offensive before the summit could prove effective. He is also keen to drive a wedge between the US and Europe, while seeking relief from sanctions at a time when Russia’s economy risks sliding into recession.
Despite the high-profile nature of the meeting, it ended without an agreement to stop — or even pause — the ongoing conflict, the largest land war in Europe since 1945, which has dragged on for over three years. The two leaders were expected to address the press jointly, but instead gave separate brief remarks. Putin spoke first, followed by Trump, before both departed without taking questions.
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US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Trump backing Putin's Ukraine land plan, reports claim
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: US President Donald Trump backs a Russian proposal for Moscow to take full control of two Ukrainian regions and freeze the front line in two others which Moscow only partially controls, a source told AFP.
The source with knowledge of the matter said Russian President Vladimir Putin "de facto demands that Ukraine leave Donbas", an area consisting of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in eastern Ukraine.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Putin tells Kremlin officials that Alaska visit was useful and timely
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Russian President Vladimir Putin told a televised meeting of senior officials in the Kremlin on Saturday that his visit to Alaska had been "timely and extremely useful".
According to Reuters, Putin also told the officials that Russia respects the U.S.'s position on the Ukraine conflict, which he said Moscow seeks to end peacefully.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Putin could relax some territorial claims in exchange for Donetsk region
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Ukraine withdraw from the eastern Donetsk region as a condition for ending Russia's war, but told US President Donald Trump he could freeze the rest of the frontline if his core demands were met, the Financial Times reports.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Leaders of France, Germany, UK to host video call for Ukraine allies
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: The leaders of Britain, France and Germany will host a video call Sunday involving Kyiv's allies in a "coalition of the willing" to discuss steps towards peace in Ukraine, the French presidency said, according to AFP.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: PM Modi thanks Zelensky for Independence Day wishes
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thanked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his wishes on the occasion of India's Independence Day.
In his message to Zelensky, PM Modi also expressed an earnest wish for the people of Ukraine and Kyiv’s war with Russia.
“Thank you, President Zelenskyy, for your warm greetings. I deeply value the joint commitment to forging even closer ties between India and Ukraine. We earnestly wish our friends in Ukraine a future marked by peace, progress and "prosperity,” Modi wrote in a post on X.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Melania Trump writes to Putin about abducted children
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: US President Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, raised the plight of children in Ukraine and Russia in a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported, citing two White House officials.
Officials told Reuters that President Trump hand-delivered the letter to Putin during their summit talks in Alaska. Slovenian-born Melania Trump was not on the trip to Alaska.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Russia reacts as Ukraine's Zelensky backs Trump’s trilateral meeting idea
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: President Vladimir Putin's foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said on Russian state television on Saturday that a potential trilateral meeting between US President Donald Trump, Putin and Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky has not been raised in US-Russia discussions in Alaska.
“The topic has not been touched upon yet,” Yuri Ushakov said, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: India welcomes Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: India has welcomed the meeting in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin, saying that their leadership in the pursuit of peace is highly commendable.
“India appreciates the progress made in the Summit. The way forward can only be through dialogue and diplomacy. The world wants to see an early end to the conflict in Ukraine,” a statement by the ministry of external affairs said.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Macron urges 'pressure' on Russia until 'solid peace' in Ukraine
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: French President Emmanuel Macron said support for Kyiv and pressure on Russia needed to continue until "a solid and durable peace" had been achieved in Ukraine.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: European leaders welcome Trump's efforts to stop war in Ukraine
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: European leaders have welcomed US President Donald Trump's efforts to stop the war in Ukraine.
“Early this morning, President Trump debriefed us and President Zelenskyy following his meeting with the Russian President in Alaska on 15 August 2025,” a joint statement by European leaders said. “Leaders welcomed President Trump's efforts to stop the killing in Ukraine, end Russia's war of aggression, and achieve just and lasting peace.”
The statement was issued by European Commission President von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Polish President Donald Tusk, and European Council President António Costa.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Russian forces take over two Ukrainian villages
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Russian defence minister says its forces have taken over two Ukrainian villages – Vorone village in Dnipropetrovsk region and Kolodyazi village in Donetsk, reports Reuters.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Trump on Ukraine war
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: In his post on Truth Social, Trump says that it has been determined that the best way to end the war in Ukraine is to go directly to a peace deal and not a ceasefire.
“It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreement, which often times do not hold up,” he says.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: European leaders have prepared joint statement on Alaska talks, says Poland's Tusk
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says that European leaders have prepared a joint statement after evaluating information given by US President Donald Trump about the summit in Alaska and listening to the opinions of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
He did not specify when the statement would be issued.
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Trump says meeting with Putin went very well
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: US President Donald Trump says that the meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, went very well. Trump also confirms that Ukraine's Zelensky will be visiting Washington on Monday for a meeting with him.
“A great and very successful day in Alaska! The meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia went very well, as did a late night phone call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, and various European Leaders, including the highly respected Secretary General of NATO. It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreement, which often times do not hold up,” Trump writes.
“President Zelenskyy will be coming to D.C., the Oval Office, on Monday afternoon. If all works out, we will then schedule a meeting with President Putin. Potentially, millions of people’s lives will be saved. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Hungarian PM Orban sayworld safer after Trump-Putin summit
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday that the world is a safer place following US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
"For years, we have watched the two largest nuclear powers eliminate the framework of their cooperation and send messages to each other," Orban wrote on Facebook. "It's over now. The world is a safer place today than it was yesterday."
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Zelensky to arrive in Washington to meet Trump
US Russia Alaska Summit Live Updates: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Washington on Monday to discuss "ending the killing and the war" with US President Donald Trump, he announced on Saturday.
Zelensky made the announcement after a call with Trump, during which he said the US leader had briefed him on the "main points" of his discussions with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: Trump briefs European leaders on Putin meeting
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: US President Donald Trump spoke with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other European leaders to brief them on his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, a Commission spokesperson said on Saturday.
The summit, held on Friday, focused on the war in Ukraine but did not result in a peace agreement.
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: Kremlin says no talks yet on Trump-Putin-Zelensky meeting
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov stated on Saturday that a trilateral summit involving the Russian, US, and Ukrainian presidents had not yet been discussed, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
Ushakov added that it is still unclear when President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will meet again following their summit in Alaska on Friday.
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: Norway urges stronger pressure on Russia over Ukraine war
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: Norway’s foreign minister has said Russia must face greater pressure over the war in Ukraine, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Alaska.
"We must continue to put pressure on Russia, and even increase it, to give the clear signal to Russia that it must pay the price (for its invasion of Ukraine)," Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told reporters in Oslo.
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: Trump reiterates claim of resolving India-Pak conflict during Putin meeting day
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: On the day of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump reiterated several times his claim that he halted the conflict between India and Pakistan, while also speaking about New Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil.
India has consistently maintained that hostilities with Pakistan were stopped after direct talks between the two nations’ militaries, without any intervention from Washington.
“I've negotiated five wars to their end, and the wars that were tough. India, Pakistan..." Trump said in an interview with Fox News just hours after his high-stakes summit with Putin concluded in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
The talks between the two leaders ended without any breakthrough on resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: Trump hints US unlikely to impose secondary tariffs on India for Russian oil imports
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: President Donald Trump has suggested that the United States may refrain from imposing secondary tariffs on nations continuing to purchase Russian crude oil.
Concerns had been raised that India could face such measures if Washington chose to enforce them.
"Well, he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) lost an oil client, so to speak, which is India, which was doing about 40 per cent of the oil. China, as you know, is doing a lot…And if I did what's called a secondary sanction, or a secondary tariff, it would be very devastating from their standpoint. If I have to do it, I'll do it. Maybe I won't have to do it,” Trump said on Friday.
The president made these remarks during an interview with Fox News aboard Air Force One while heading to Alaska for a high-stakes summit with Putin.
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: Trump rules out immediate action against China over Russian oil
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: Donald Trump said on Friday that he did not yet need to consider retaliatory tariffs on countries such as China for purchasing Russian oil, though he might have to "in two or three weeks."
Trump has previously threatened sanctions on Moscow and secondary measures against nations that continue buying its oil if no progress is made towards ending the war in Ukraine. China and India remain the two biggest importers of Russian crude.
Last week, the president imposed an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods, citing its ongoing oil imports from Moscow. However, he has not taken comparable steps against China.
During an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump was asked whether he was now weighing such action against Beijing after he and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to reach an agreement to resolve or pause the conflict in Ukraine.
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: Melania Trump writes to Putin over abducted children
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: US First Lady Melania Trump has raised the issue of children in Ukraine and Russia in a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to two White House officials on Friday.
President Donald Trump hand-delivered the letter to Putin during their summit in Alaska, the officials told Reuters. Melania, who is Slovenian-born, did not travel to Alaska.
The officials declined to reveal the contents of the letter beyond confirming it referred to the abductions of children linked to the war in Ukraine. The existence of the letter had not been previously reported.
The forced removal of Ukrainian children has been a particularly sensitive issue for Kyiv. Ukraine has accused Russia of abducting tens of thousands of children and transferring them to Russia or Russian-occupied territory without the consent of their families or guardians — calling it a war crime that fits the UN’s definition of genocide.
Moscow has maintained that it is protecting vulnerable children from a conflict zone.
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: After Alaska summit, Putin invites Trump for ‘next time in Moscow’
US-Russia Summit Live Updates: Russian President Vladimir Putin ended his joint press conference with US President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday (local time) by inviting him for further talks in Moscow.
"Next time in Moscow," Putin said.
Trump accepted the idea, responding, "That's an interesting one. I'll get a little heat on that one, but I can see it possibly happening."
Trump added that the next move was now with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, noting that a meeting between Zelensky and Putin would be arranged shortly.
"Now it's really up to President Zelensky to get it done," Trump told local media. "They're going to set up a meeting now between President Zelensky and President Putin and myself, I guess," he added, as reported by CNN.
