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Russia says ‘impulse’ to end war after Trump–Putin Alaska meeting has faded

Russia now claims that what it once viewed as a possible breakthrough toward ending the war against Ukraine — the high-profile meeting between Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska — has lost momentum, according to Russian state media.

8 October 2025, 08:56 PM

Russia accuses Ukraine's allies of stalling peace talks

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov claimed there are "problems" in the peaceful settlement of the war in Ukraine following the Aug. 15 meeting between Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska, the BBC Russian Service reported.

17 September 2025, 02:10 PM

‘I deeply regret it’: U.S. Orthodox archbishop apologizes for meeting with Putin in Alaska

Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska Alexei, a senior cleric of the Orthodox Church in America, apologized for meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin during his Aug. 15 visit to Alaska, according to a statement published on the Church’s official website on Aug. 22.

23 August 2025, 08:35 PM

While the world debates red carpets, Putin buys time with Trump

“No deal was signed, but Ukraine wasn’t sold either.” That is roughly how global media described the recent meeting between Trump and Putin. But this conclusion is far too simplistic, Achilles brigade commander Yurii Fedorenko wrote on Aug. 17.

18 August 2025, 12:23 PM

Alaska for $7 million: Why and how Russia sold its largest overseas peninsula

More than 150 years ago, the Russian Empire sold Alaska out of fear it might lose the territory in a future war with Great Britain. The buyer was the United States.

16 August 2025, 07:05 PM

U.S. offers Ukraine Article 5–style guarantees without NATO membership

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European leaders, and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed potential security guarantees for Ukraine modeled on NATO’s Article 5 during their talks, CNN reported on Aug. 16, citing European officials.

16 August 2025, 04:00 PM

EU leaders reject Russian demands on Ukraine’s military and NATO path — joint statement

European leaders issued a joint statement on Aug. 16 following U.S.-Russia talks in Alaska, underscoring the need for security guarantees for Ukraine and welcoming Washington’s willingness to provide them.

16 August 2025, 03:06 PM

Before three-way summit: Preliminary deal on halting airstrikes reached at Alaska talks

A preliminary agreement to halt airstrikes between Ukraine and Russia was reached during the Aug. 15 meeting between U.S. and Russian leaders in Alaska, journalist Oliver Carroll of The Economist reported on X on Aug. 16.

16 August 2025, 01:10 PM

Dictator doubles down: Putin revives war lies, praises Trump, offers empty talk of peace

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin used a joint press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 15 in Alaska to repeat false Kremlin narratives about Ukraine and deliver yet another disingenuous appeal for peace.

16 August 2025, 11:10 AM

Kremlin seeks to shift Alaska talks away from Ukraine – ISW

The Kremlin will likely use today’s summit in Alaska to try to divert US attention away from peace talks with Ukraine and toward Russian–U.S. relations, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Aug. 14.

15 August 2025, 10:28 AM

Rubio: Trump doesn’t view Alaska meeting with Putin as concession

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President Donald Trump does not view his planned meeting in Alaska with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin as a “concession.”

13 August 2025, 12:25 PM

Russia sets narrative to reject Alaska peace deal before Trump-Putin meeting — ISW

In the run-up to Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Russian officials and state media are laying the groundwork to justify rejecting any future peace deal to end the war. Trump, meanwhile, has signaled that the U.S. will push in those talks to return some of Ukraine’s economically and strategically significant territory, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its Aug. 11 report.

12 August 2025, 12:22 PM

European leaders seek Trump talks before Alaska meeting with Putin

European leaders are seeking to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump before his upcoming meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 8, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.

11 August 2025, 10:26 AM

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