U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on 15 August to negotiate an end to the conflict in Ukraine. The summit, confirmed by the Kremlin, is expected to focus on a long-term peaceful resolution.
Trump said Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy would be part of the discussions, adding that the sides were close to a ceasefire deal. He suggested a possible exchange of territories, saying there would be “some swapping of territories to the betterment of both.”
Putin aide Yuri Ushakov described the meeting as a challenging but necessary process. In his evening address, Zelenskiy said a ceasefire was possible with sufficient pressure on Russia and noted his team’s constant contact with the United States.
The Bloomberg news agency reported that U.S. and Russian officials were discussing a deal that would secure Moscow’s hold over areas seized since the invasion began. A White House official dismissed the report as speculation, while a Kremlin spokesperson declined comment.
Ukraine has signalled openness to flexibility in negotiations but ceding around 20% of its territory, including Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Crimea, would be politically difficult for Zelenskiy. Former U.S. State Department official Tyson Barker said such a proposal would be “immediately rejected” by Kyiv.
The last high-profile diplomatic meeting in Alaska took place in March 2021 between U.S. and Chinese officials. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has alternated between praise and criticism of Putin, while threatening sanctions and tariffs to push for an end to the fighting.
Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff recently held three hours of talks with Putin in Moscow, which both sides described as constructive. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, after meeting Zelenskiy, said there were signals of a possible freeze in the conflict, with Ukraine keen for European involvement in ceasefire and peace planning.
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