Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Alaska on Friday, August 15, 2025, to hammer out a possible end to the war in Ukraine. The talks will focus heavily on whether Ukraine might have to give up some of the territories Russia now controls—specifically Donetsk, Luhansk, and parts of Zaporizhia and Kherson—in exchange for a ceasefire. The White House had pushed for Ukrainian President Zelensky to be part of the talks, but Moscow rejected the idea, preferring a one-on-one meeting with Trump.

Trump revealed the summit plans on social media, saying Alaska won out over other possible locations like Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and the UAE. For Putin, Alaska’s location just across the Bering Strait from Russia makes it convenient, and because the U.S. doesn’t recognize the Internati

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