A quick look back at this week’s biggest stories Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine, but reached no agreement The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2025
Warm handshakes and an invitation to Moscow: The key takeaways from Putin and Trump’s summit in Alaska Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is due to meeting Trump in Washington next week after the Alaska summit ended without a deal The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2025
Ukrainians See 'Nothing' Good From Trump-Putin Meeting Pavlo Nebroev stayed up until the middle of the night in Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv to wait for a press conference between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin thousands of kilometres away. International Business Times · Aug 16, 2025
Zelensky to meet Trump as Macron, EU Leaders discuss Ukraine War Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to visit Washington on Monday for vital talks with US President Donald Trump aimed at ending the ongoing war in Ukraine. This development follows a lengthy phone call on Saturday morning between President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, alongside key European leaders, to… Radio France Internationale · Aug 16, 2025
OPINION - Putin was the big winner of the Alaska summit It was the summit of no illusions. Even the offer to meet again in Moscow, made by Vladimir Putin in English at the end of his short final statement in Alaska, appeared tentative. “I might get a little heat on that one,” Donald Trump replied, with uncharacteristic hesitancy. Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2025
Trump-Putin summit ends without Ukraine deal Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin made no breakthrough on Ukraine at their high-stakes summit on Friday, pointing to areas of agreement and rekindling a friendship but offering no news on a ceasefire. Radio France Internationale · Aug 16, 2025
‘No deal’ at Trump-Putin meeting: Key takeaways from Alaska summit The US leader cut a subdued figure after the meeting, which failed to achieve its primary goal – an end to Russia’s war. Al Jazeera · Aug 16, 2025
Love in a cold climate: Putin romances Trump in Alaska with talk of rigged elections and a trip to Moscow For those who feared the summit on Ukraine might resemble Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler in 1938, the reality was worse The Guardian - US · Aug 16, 2025
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,269 Here are the key events on day 1,269 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Al Jazeera · Aug 16, 2025
Trump, Putin end short summit without ceasefire deal in Ukraine Warm welcome for Russia’s Putin at meeting with US President Donald Trump in Alaska, but no deal on ending Ukraine war. Al Jazeera · Aug 16, 2025
Trump hand-delivered Putin a letter from First Lady Melania on ‘plight of children in Ukraine and Russia’: White House The Russian president has been accused of unlawfully deporting children and transferring them from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2025
No Ukraine ceasefire but a PR victory for Putin: key takeaways from Trump’s Alaska summit with Russian president Fighting set to continue in Ukraine while US and Russian leaders cling to old grievances and exchange warm words The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2025
Ukraine war briefing: ‘Up to Zelenskyy’ to reach ceasefire with Russia, says Trump after Putin summit US president claims ‘great progress’ with Russian leader although meeting in Alaska does not yield agreement to pause war. What we know on day 1,270 The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2025
Trump–Putin Alaska Summit Ends Without Ukraine Ceasefire Deal As US President Says 'We've Made Some Headway' On Friday, the high-profile meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin ended without a deal to end or pause the war in Ukraine, leaving Moscow with a diplomatic boost but little tangible progress toward peace. Benzinga · Aug 16, 2025
The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2025 Now we know just how useless Trump’s Alaska summit really was ... to everyone but Vladimir Putin NEWS ANALYSIS: A nebulous amount of ‘progress’ has been made, and the two might meet again. But it’s pretty clear here that Trump got played in Alaska, writes Holly Baxter — and Putin got exactly what he came for
The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025 Trump-Putin summit in Alaska ends with no sign of Ukraine ceasefire deal Leaders offer scant details about what is discussed during Anchorage talks
Latin Times · Aug 15, 2025 Hillary Clinton Would "Nominate" Donald Trump for Nobel Prize if He "Ends" Russia-Ukraine War President Donald Trump's adversary in the 2016 presidential election and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton indicated that she would nominate the President for a Nobel Peace Prize were he to end the war in Ukraine.
The Guardian - US · Aug 15, 2025 No deal, and no answers, after brief Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine in Alaska US president claims ‘great progress’ with Russian leader but ends press conference abruptly without taking questions
International Business Times · Aug 15, 2025 Made-for-TV Pageantry As Trump Brings Putin In From Cold Stepping foot on Western soil for the first time since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin basked in choreographed pageantry courtesy of Donald Trump -- but awkwardness was not far away.
We Got This Covered · Aug 15, 2025 Donald Trump warns Putin with ‘very severe’ consequences and confirms it’s an empty threat in the same breath Now we know why no one sees Trump as a leader.
The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025 The hard work on a peace deal has only just begun THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As the Trump-Putin summit takes place in Alaska, the prospects for a lasting settlement in Ukraine are, at best, only at the ‘end of the beginning’ stage
Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2025 UK stands with Ukraine, says David Lammy ahead of Trump-Putin summit Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister Andrii Sybiha praised the UK for its ‘principled stance’.
International Business Times · Aug 15, 2025 Falsehoods Swirl Around Trump-Putin Summit From false claims of a Ukrainian assassin shot dead in Alaska to baseless reports of Russia declaring the sale of the territory to the United States illegal, misinformation has swirled around the summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2025 Russia gains in east before Trump-Putin summit, Ukraine says holding off Zelenskyy decries Russia’s attempt to gain battlefield edge pre-US summit maintains its army is holding back ‘occupier’.
We Got This Covered · Aug 15, 2025 Donald Trump making ‘decisions without peace’ as he plots Ukraine’s fate without inviting its president They're really trying to strongarm Ukraine.