Alaska

Putin holds meeting with top Russian officials ahead of summit with U.S. President Trump

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Russia’s “top leadership” ahead of his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska, the state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported on Aug. 14.

14 August 2025, 06:25 PM

Russia plans winter push for Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka, Kramatorsk — Ukrainian Major

Political scientist and Ukrainian Armed Forces Maj. Andriy Tkachuk told Radio NV about developments on the front, particularly in Donetsk Oblast, as talks between the U.S. and Russian leaders approach on Aug. 14.

14 August 2025, 04:19 PM

Trump assures Zelenskyy and European leaders no Ukraine territorial talks with Putin in Alaska

President Donald Trump will not discuss any territorial division of Ukraine during his upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders in a Wednesday call, NBC News reported, citing sources familiar with the talks on Aug. 14.

14 August 2025, 12:15 PM

Trump to insist on Ukraine cease-fire in talks with Putin — French FM Jean-Noël Barrot

U.S. President Donald Trump will demand an unconditional cease-fire in Ukraine during talks with Vladimir Putin, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on X on Aug. 14

14 August 2025, 11:39 AM

Trump to see Putin after significant team reshuffle

On Aug. 15, in Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Vladimir Putin, but none of Trump’s advisers are expected to be specialists on Russia or Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Aug. 13.

13 August 2025, 04:54 PM

Trump, Vance, Zelenskyy, and EU leaders to hold virtual meeting

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance will take part in a virtual meeting on Aug. 13 with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European allies ahead of the U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska, ABC News reported on Aug. 12, citing two U.S. officials.

13 August 2025, 06:42 AM

Trump aims to gauge Putin’s seriousness in Alaska meeting - Rutte

U.S. President Donald Trump will be “testing” Russian dictator Vladimir Putin at their meeting in Alaska, as world leaders push for a ceasefire deal in Russia’s war against Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told CBS News on Aug. 10.

11 August 2025, 09:30 AM

‘No arrests, no Europeans’: Why Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska

Alaska has never hosted a superpower summit, but both Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump have reasons to welcome the choice of venue, The Times reported on Aug. 9, noting the talks will take place there for a simple reason — “no arrests, no Europeans.”

10 August 2025, 06:57 PM

Trump-Putin summit: Alaska meeting could bring dramatic breakthrough in freezing war

On the evening of Aug. 8, as the deadline expired on the ultimatum U.S. President Donald Trump had issued to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, the White House announced their meeting in Alaska on Aug. 15, The Economist said on Aug. 9.

10 August 2025, 05:23 PM

Claiming ‘historic ties,’ Kremlin revives Alaska claim ahead of Trump-Putin meeting — ISW

The Kremlin, ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, revived its claims to Alaska as an “American of Russian origin” citing “historic ties” and long-standing territorial ambitions, the Institute for the Study of War wrote in its Aug. 9 report.

10 August 2025, 12:23 PM

Trump, Putin to meet in Alaska on Aug. 15

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on Aug. 15, Trump announced on Aug. 8.

9 August 2025, 01:46 AM

The Alaska rewind: How history fuels Putin’s latest imperial dreams

It’s been 158 years since Russia sold Alaska to the United States. So how did it happen — and how did this harsh, frozen territory become one of the wealthiest states in the country? More to the point: Why does Vladimir Putin still seem obsessed with the idea of taking it back?

2 April 2025, 11:25 AM

Russian and Chinese bombers approach Alaska, US and Canada on alert

Russian and Chinese bombers flew within 200 miles of the Alaskan coast this week, marking the first time they have come so close to U.S. territory, according to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Politico reported on July 25.

26 July 2024, 03:55 PM

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