Is Vladimir Putin prepared to finish the battle in change for japanese Ukraine?US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on August 15 to debate ending the continued Russia-Ukraine battle, with Trump performing as a negotiator for a attainable peace deal.In accordance with a Wall Road Journal report, Putin is ready to conform to a ceasefire if Ukraine and Nato withdraw from japanese Ukraine. Quoting European and Ukrainian officers, the report says the Kremlin needs management over japanese Ukraine and international recognition of its claims in change for ending the preventing. Moscow is demanding 4 provinces – Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson.Trump, talking at a briefing, stated any peace deal would doubtless contain territory swaps. “However we’re gonna get some [territory] again. We’re gonna get some switched. There’ll be some swapping of territories, to the betterment of each,” he stated, with out giving extra particulars.He additionally added, “President Putin I consider needs to see peace.”On Reality Social, Trump posted: “The extremely anticipated assembly between myself, as President of america 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 in your consideration to this matter!”This would be the first US-Russia summit since 2021, when then-President Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva. The announcement got here simply hours after Trump instructed reporters he plans to debate the battle with Putin, expressing cautious optimism that “we now have a shot” at brokering peace. Earlier, the Kremlin additionally confirmed the assembly after US envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin in Moscow.
