Trump-Putin meeting

NBC: No matter the outcome of Trump meeting, Putin will gain at least one key win

U.S. President Donald Trump, sitting down with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, faces pitfalls while the Kremlin leader is certain to claim at least one important victory, NBC News reported on Aug. 9 in an analysis of the upcoming Alaska summit it calls one of the boldest gambits of Trump’s second term.

10 August 2025, 11:20 AM

Macron, Starmer agree to work with Trump on Alaska meeting with Putin

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to work with U.S. President Donald Trump on preparations for his upcoming meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the British prime minister’s office said on Aug. 9.

10 August 2025, 10:12 AM

What ‘territorial swap’ could mean for Ukraine, as Trump suggested — reports

A “territorial swap” between Ukraine and the aggressor state Russia, mentioned by U.S. President Donald Trump, could potentially mean Ukraine would regain small stretches of borderland in Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts while Russia demands Ukraine fully withdraw from Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. CNN correspondent Nick Paton Walsh reported this on Aug. 9.

10 August 2025, 09:55 AM

Russian people not primed for concessions: Putin keeps territorial ambitions beyond Donbas — ISW

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin appears to be holding on to territorial ambitions in Ukraine that go beyond Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its Aug. 8 assessment.

9 August 2025, 05:11 PM

Trump may fume as Zelenskyy rejects handing Russia Donbas and Luhansk

Zelenskyy’s firm rejection of territorial concessions in a deal with Russia could anger US President Donald Trump, the New York Times reported on Aug. 9.

9 August 2025, 12:50 PM

‘Ukrainians won’t give land to occupiers’: Zelenskyy reacts to reports of Trump-Putin Alaska meeting, territorial swap plan

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, responding to reports that U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin are preparing to meet in Alaska, said any decisions made without Ukraine will be decisions against peace. He made the remarks in an address on Aug. 9.

9 August 2025, 10:51 AM

Zelenskyy may join Trump–Putin meeting in Alaska on Aug. 15 – report

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to take part in some form in the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, CBS News reported on Aug. 9.

9 August 2025, 09:49 AM

U.S. offered Russia de facto recognition of occupied Ukrainian territories

During a visit to Moscow on Aug. 6 by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, the Kremlin reportedly received what was described as a “very favorable proposal” from the Trump administration, Polish outlet Onet reported on Aug. 7, citing unnamed sources.

7 August 2025, 07:14 PM

‘Looking at next week’: Kremlin says Trump–Putin meeting in the works, location agreed

An aide to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Yuri Ushakov, told Russian state-run media on Aug. 7 that the location for an upcoming meeting between the Kremlin leader and U.S. President Donald Trump has already been agreed upon, with talks expected in the coming days.

7 August 2025, 12:25 PM

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