President Donald Trump announced he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska, via a post on his platform Truth Social, promising that more details about the location will be announced soon.

The meeting, if it takes place, would be the first U.S.-Russia summit since 2021, when President Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva.

The big picture: Trump hinted that the Alaska meeting could happen before any formal discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. • He described the location for the summit as likely to be “very popular,” but refrained from revealing specifics prior to finalizing security arrangements. • Trump believes both Putin and Zelenskyy want peace, stating that Zelenskyy “is getting everything he needs” assuming progress is made in negotiations.

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