White House names venue for Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska
12 August 23:11
The White House has announced where the US and Russian presidents will meet in Alaska. This is reported by Sky News, "Komersant Ukrainian" informs
White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said that Trump and Putin will meet in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska.
According to her, Donald Trump is determined to try to end this war and stop the killings.
“As the president has said repeatedly, he will always favor peace and partnership whenever these results can be achieved. There is no leader in the world today who is more committed to preventing or ending wars than President Trump,” Leavitt emphasized.
As you know, Trump is scheduled to meet with Putin on August 15 in the US state of Alaska, which will be the first meeting between the American leader and the head of the Kremlin after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
What is known about the meeting between Putin and Trump
The meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled for August 15, 2025, and will take place in the US northwestern state of Alaska.
The exact city of the summit has not yet been officially confirmed, but it is likely to be the state’s largest city, Anchorage, or the capital, Juneau. At the same time, the NYT writes that the US Secret Service has booked a six-room house in Anchorage, where Trump and Putin are likely to meet.
Diplomatic consultations between Ukraine and the United States on the eve of the summit are virtually around the clock. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that Ukraine and Russia would have to exchange some territories after Kyiv receives security guarantees.
Later, it became known that European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would have a phone conversation with Trump before his meeting with Russian dictator Putin.
This meeting will be Putin’s first face-to-face meeting with the US president since 2021, when he met with Joe Biden in Geneva, Switzerland.
Donald Trump, as the leader of the White House, and Vladimir Putin last held personal talks in 2018 in Helsinki, Finland, and in 2019 they met at the G20 summit in Japan, but in the format of delegations.
Already in his second term, since the beginning of 2025, Trump has spoken to Putin at least three times by phone.
