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- Aug 15, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Aug 15, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Trump and Putin Meet in Alaska Without a Ukraine Deal
- Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump held talks at the Arctic Warrior Convention Centre at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, joined by Sergei Lavrov and Yury Ushakov for Russia and Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff for the US, then gave a joint news conference[1]
- It was the first time Putin had been invited to a Western country since the 2022 invasion, and the first Russian presidential visit held on a US military base[2]
- No ceasefire or agreement was announced and neither leader took questions; Putin reportedly rejected lifting sanctions in exchange for a ceasefire and insisted on Ukraine ceding the Donbas[2]
- On 17 August Trump said responsibility for peace fell on Zelensky, and European leaders joined Zelensky at the White House on 18 August[2]
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- [1]90%en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/77791en.kremlin.ru· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Aug 15, 2025 ✓· Ends Aug 15, 2025 ✓· 45% of score
The Kremlin's page 'Russia-US talks' records the summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, published 16 August 2025 01:10 Moscow time; Wikipedia[2] gives the meeting as about 11:32 a.m. to 2:18 p.m. local time on 15 August.
- [2]75%2025 Russia–United States summiten.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 45% of score
Gives the meeting as about 11:32 a.m. to 2:18 p.m. on 15 August 2025, says it ended without an agreement, that Putin rejected a sanctions-for-ceasefire offer and insisted on Ukraine ceding Donbas, and that neither leader took questions.[1]
- [3]72%Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summitnpr.org· Published Aug 16, 2025· 9% of score
NPR describes the Friday summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, including the planned luncheon 'in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin' from US staff papers left at a hotel.
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