Key points:
- U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on social media he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15.
- The meeting will be the first between the two leaders since Trump took office for his second term.
- Friday marked the deadline Trump set for Putin to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine or face “secondary sanctions”
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15., marking the first meeting between the two leaders of Trump’s second term.
“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,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “Further details to follow.”
Earlier in the day, Trump hinted at the meeting while hosting the leaders Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House.
“We are going to have a meeting with Russia. We’ll start off with Russia and we’ll announce a location. I think the location will be a very popular one for a lot of reasons. But we’ll be announcing that a little bit later. I just don’t want to do it now because of the importance of what we just did,” Trump said.
A White House official said earlier Friday that the Russians have provided a list of demands for a potential ceasefire for the war in Ukraine.
The White House was hoping for a trilateral summit between Trump, Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, though Trump said Putin meeting with Zelenskyy wasn’t a condition for he and Putin to meet.
The president was asked if Zelenskyy will have to give up territory in any deal to end the war.
“We’re looking at that but we’re actually looking to get some back and some swapping. It’s complicated. It’s actually nothing easy, it’s very complicated. But we’re going get some back, and we’re going to get some switched. There will be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both,” Trump answered.
