President Trump takes questions from reporters throughout an occasion within the Oval Workplace of the White Home on March 31, 2025.
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President Trump mentioned on Friday that he plans to satisfy Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15 to speak a few plan to finish Russia’s conflict in Ukraine, now in its fourth 12 months.
“The extremely anticipated assembly between myself, as president of the USA of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will happen subsequent Friday, August 15, 2025, within the Nice State of Alaska. Additional particulars to observe. Thanks to your consideration to this matter!” Trump mentioned on social media.
Putin final met with a U.S. president in 2021, when he sat down with President Joe Biden in Geneva. Trump final met Putin in 2019 on the sidelines of the G20 in Osaka, Japan.
Earlier, Trump had advised reporters {that a} deal to finish the conflict in Ukraine would contain some alternate of territory. “It’s totally sophisticated. However we’ll get some [territory] again, and we’ll get some switched. There will be some swapping of territories to the betterment of each, however we’ll be speaking about that both later, or tomorrow,” Trump mentioned.
The long-awaited assembly comes after the sophisticated relationship between Trump and Putin has seen ups and downs over the previous a number of months.
Trump got here into workplace promising to rapidly finish the conflict, boasting that his relationship with Putin would assist attain a peace deal.
For months, he resisted placing a lot strain on Putin, saying he didn’t need to complicate the trail to a peace settlement. However extra just lately, Trump’s posture has shifted as Russia escalated its strikes towards Ukraine. Trump has threatened harder sanctions towards Moscow, saying this week that he would apply steep tariffs on India — a key purchaser of Russian oil.
Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff met with Putin on Aug. 6 in Moscow, and afterward, Trump mentioned progress had been made. “There’s a good probability we might be coming to an finish of this highway. That highway was lengthy, and continues to be lengthy, however there is a good probability that there will probably be a gathering very quickly,” Trump mentioned.
Officers in Kyiv and throughout Europe have accused Moscow of stalling as its troops proceed to advance in Jap Ukraine. Ukraine has additionally launched shock drone strikes deep into Russia.
When Russian and Ukrainian officers met in Turkey in Could for his or her first direct peace talks in years, Putin failed to point out up. Trump advised reporters in Could that he thought it might be obligatory for him to satisfy with Putin.
“I do not imagine something’s going to occur, whether or not you prefer it or not, till he and I get collectively,” Trump mentioned. “However we’ll must get it solved as a result of too many individuals are dying.”
