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president Donald Trump Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next Friday, August 15, with the first face-to-face meeting between the U.S. and Russian leaders since Moscow launched the deadly 2022 invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Trump said in a post about the Truth Society that leaders are expected to meet in Alaska.
“A highly anticipated meeting between the President of the United States of America and Russian President Vladimir Putin will be held on August 15, 2025 in the Grand State of Alaska,” Trump wrote in a Friday night post. “More details to follow. Thank you for your attention on this matter!”
The meeting’s location was a major point of interest after the summit first surfaced after the summit’s first surfaced after the call between Trump and Putin. Vickov goes to Moscow Meet the head of the Kremlin.
Zelenskyy tells Putin to “brave” and finally agrees to a trilateral meeting with Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) met with Steve Vitokov (R), the Special Envoy of the U.S. President, on August 6, 2025 at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia. (Kremlin Media Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
according to Sources of familiarity with the plan.
According to Rome’s intimacy with the Ukrainian president, the Kremlin chief also defeated the idea of Italy’s meeting. Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The U.S. president also spoke with Zelenskyy about the potential of the trilateral meeting with European leaders following Wednesday’s Trump-Putin call.
Moscow – So far, Moscow has refused to Putin Zelenskyy – As the Kremlin foreign policy adviser pointed out on Wednesday, the potential of such a possible meeting was “mentioned” but “undiscussed”, it seems unlikely that Zelenskyy will soon attend the trilateral meeting.
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Presidents Donald Trump are at the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP))
Later reports suggest that Putin may face to face with Zelenskyy, but only certain “conditions” are met, although these conditions are still unclear.
Putin allegedly suggested that Ukraine needs to formally ced the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which Moscow illegally annexes in 2022, but this is not completely controlled.
Although Zelenskyy notes that under the Ukrainian constitution, any similar territorial demands are required to occur in national referendums. Territorial concessions.
Despite the huge obstacles, Trump appeared optimistic in his conversation with reporters on Wednesday, “There is a good prospect (Putin and Zelenskyy) that will meet.
Zelenskyy said it was recommended to hold at least one bilateral meeting between the U.S. and Russian leaders, which could be followed by a possible meeting with Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy.
President Donald Trump (R) meets Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) on the first day of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019. (Kremlin Press Office/Handout/anadolu agent/Getty image)
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It is unclear that the president hopes that the president will meet with Putin explicitly despite months of attempts to create a ceasefire.
Trump will not comment on the possibility of a peace deal between Moscow and Kiev may arise, and by telling reporters he was feeling the past frustration of Putin, “I am disappointed with it.”
