President Donald Trump mentioned on Friday he can be assembly with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin subsequent Friday, Aug. 15 in Alaska.
“The extremely anticipated assembly between myself, as President of the US of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will happen subsequent Friday, August 15, 2025, within the Nice State of Alaska. Additional particulars to observe. Thanks to your consideration to this matter!” he posted on his social media platform.
Earlier, he had hinted on the timing and site, saying, “I believe you will be very comfortable.”
“We’re going to have a gathering with Russia. We’ll begin off with Russia and we’ll announce a location. I believe the placement can be a highly regarded one for lots of causes. However we’ll be saying that a little bit bit later. I simply do not wish to do it now due to the significance of what we simply did,” Trump mentioned as he hosted the leaders Armenia and Azerbaijan on the White Home for a peace summit.
Requested if that is Russia’s final likelihood to attain piece, Trump responded, “I do not like utilizing the time period ‘final likelihood.”
“I believe my intestine intuition actually tells me that we now have a shot at it. You will discover that out afterward, perhaps even in the present day, however we now have a shot at it,” he mentioned.
Friday marked the deadline Trump set for Putin to conform to a ceasefire with Ukraine or face “secondary sanctions” in opposition to nations that purchase oil from Russia.
However uncertainty stays as as to if the U.S. will hit Moscow with new financial penalties as focus turns to the one-on-one assembly between Trump and Putin. Trump didn’t touch upon the deadline as he took questions from reporters on the White Home.
Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin discuss through the household picture session on the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam November 11, 2017.
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Trump on Thursday was requested instantly if his Aug. 8 deadline for Putin to make peace or face penalties nonetheless utilized.
“It is gonna be as much as him,” the president responded. “We will see what he has to say. It is gonna be as much as him. Very upset.”
The White Home was pushing for a trilateral summit between Trump, Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, although Trump mentioned Putin assembly with Zelenskyy wasn’t a situation for he and Putin to fulfill.
Nonetheless, Trump mentioned on Friday the Ukrainian president will get “the whole lot he wants.”
“The European leaders wish to see peace. President Putin, I imagine, desires to see peace. And Zelenskyy desires to see peace,” Trump mentioned.
The president was requested if Zelenskyy should quit territory in any deal to finish the struggle, which started when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
“We’re taking a look at that however we’re really seeking to get some again and a few swapping. It is difficult. It is really nothing simple, it’s totally difficult. However we’re going get some again, and we’ll get some switched. There can be some swapping of territories to the betterment of each,” Trump responded.
President Donald Trump in Washington, Aug. 6, 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Rome, July 10, 2025 and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Aug. 5, 2025.
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Trump, who as soon as mentioned he may finish the Russia-Ukraine struggle inside his first 24 hours in workplace and touted his personal relationship with Putin , has expressed growing frustration with the Russian chief.
In mid-July, Trump mentioned he was giving Putin a 50-day ultimatum to cease the preventing. He then moved up the timeline to 10 days, citing his disappointment with Putin.
“I wish to be beneficiant, however we simply do not see any progress being made,” Trump mentioned on the time. “I am not so enthusiastic about speaking anymore. He talks, we now have such good conversations, such respectful and good conversations, after which individuals die the next evening in a — with a missile going right into a city and hitting.”
Tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalated final week when Trump introduced he was moving nuclear submarines in response to what he referred to as “extremely provocative statements” from the deputy chair of Russia’s safety council, Dmitry Medvedev.
Medvedev, additionally the previous president of Russia, had sounded off on Trump’s ceasefire deadline, writing on social media that “every new ultimatum is a risk and a step in direction of struggle.”
Whereas Trump mentioned the nuclear submarines could be moved in response, he and the White Home wouldn’t specify what capabilities the submarines have or different questions surrounding the announcement.
And earlier this week, Trump not directly upped the stress on Russia by doubling his tariff charge in opposition to India over India’s imports of Russian oil.
