What deal do Trump and Putin plan to strike over Ukraine’s future in Alaska on August 15? | DW News

US President Donald Trump says he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15 to discuss a potential end to the war in Ukraine. It will be the first in-person encounter between the two leaders since Russia's invasion of Ukraine — and since Trump's return to office in January. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that any deal excluding Kyiv would go nowhere.

0:00 Russia’s President Putin has agreed to travel to Alaska to meet Donald Trump

2:49 Domitilla Sagramoso, Expert on Russian foreign and security policy at King's College London

6:18 Michael Kimmage, Director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute and former US state department expert on Russia and Ukraine

9:34 Ivana Stradner, Research fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Washington D.C.

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Post from DW News on August 09, 2025

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