WASHINGTON —

President Donald Trump announced plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15.

"The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025, in the Great State of Alaska. Further details to follow," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

The president, while speaking with reporters before the announcement, said he was optimistic about reaching a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine to end the more than three-year war: “My instinct really tells me that we have a shot at it.”

The president spoke briefly about the upcoming meeting during a session with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, where he announced a pea

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