Trump to Meet Putin in Alaska on August 15 for High-Stakes Ukraine Peace Talks
US President Donald Trump will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15 for a high-stakes summit aimed at negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, the White House announced on Friday. The Kremlin swiftly confirmed the meeting, setting the stage for the first in-person encounter between the two leaders since Trump returned to the presidency.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump revealed the location and date of the summit. “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,” he wrote.
The announcement came shortly after Trump suggested that a ceasefire deal to end the three-and-a-half-year conflict was within reach, hinting that it could involve Ukraine surrendering territory. Addressing reporters, he said the agreement would likely involve some “swapping of territories to the betterment of both.”
The diplomatic push comes as Trump projects an aggressive peacemaking role on the global stage, having just presented a peace framework between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his nightly address, said a ceasefire was attainable if sufficient pressure was maintained on Russia, confirming his team was in constant contact with the United States.
The choice of Alaska, strategically located between the two nations, underscores the symbolic weight of the talks. The visit will be Putin’s first to the United States in a decade, his last being in 2015.
Ahead of the summit, Putin has been engaged in a flurry of diplomatic outreach, briefing Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his discussions with a US envoy.
The call with Modi is particularly significant, coming just days after Trump imposed steep tariffs on Indian goods over its continued imports of Russian oil. Putin also reached out to leaders in South Africa, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus, signaling a broad effort to build consensus before the crucial meeting.
