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The view from Russia: Putin will take ‘symbolic steps’ during Trump talks

Mixed feelings in Moscow before Friday’s summit as analysts are sceptical that peace in Ukraine will be secured.

Al Jazeera

Hurry, hurry, hurry! It’s Trump’s great Ukraine giveaway. Bargains galore, if your name is Vladimir Putin

The Art of the Deal, the Art of War: I doubt the US president has read or understood either. If Zelenskyy is a worried man, who can blame him?, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Otter pelts, Orthodox priests and a $7.2m bargain: how Russia sold Alaska to the US

Tsar Alexander II sold oil-rich territory to the US in 1867. Will Friday’s high-stakes summit between Putin and Trump result in a warming of historic ties?

The Guardian - UK

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Lead MEPs warn against rewarding Russian aggression ahead of Alaska talks

If Russia succeeds in altering Ukraine’s borders by force, no country will be safe. Borders can not be assured - 7 lead MEPs warn in a joint statement.

Euronews

Zelensky warns Trump not to trust Putin ahead of crunch Ukraine and Russia talks

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has warned Donald Trump not to trust Russian leader Vladimir Putin ahead of their bilateral summit in Alaska this Friday (15 August).

The Independent UK

26 EU countries issue a statement in support of Ukraine ahead of the Alaska talks, without Hungary

Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán said the EU attempts to set conditions for a meeting to which leaders of the EU were not invited. He also called for an EU-Russia summit.

Euronews

Trump says he’ll know if Putin wants peace deal with Ukraine in their meeting

Without elaborating, Trump reiterated that land exchanges might be a part of any significant agreement.

Euronews

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Europe frozen out as US and Russia prepare for Alaska talks

Until Europe can defend itself, it's not likely to be invited to a great power dialogue, experts have told Euronews.

Euronews

Trump mixes up Russia and Alaska ahead of peace talks with Putin

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The Independent UK

This isn’t how wars are ended − a veteran diplomat explains how Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven

A hastily arranged summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is set for Aug. 15, 2025, in Alaska, where the two leaders will discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not attend, barring a last-minute change. The Conversation’s politics editor Naomi…

The Conversation

Donald Trump says he will ‘try to get some territory back for Ukraine’ ahead of meeting with Vladimir Putin

Ahead of his summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, the US President said there will be ‘some swapping, some changes to land’

Evening Standard

EU calls for 'transatlantic unity' ahead of Trump-Putin summit in Alaska

Trump will join a virtual meeting of European leaders on Wednesday.

Euronews

Zelenskyy tries to warn Trump not to trust Putin ahead of Alaska meeting

It took Ukraine’s president time and effort to not only repair his diplomatic relations with the Trump administration, but also to prove that no one wants the end of Russia’s all-out war more than Ukraine does. Can he now convince Trump not to trust Putin?

Euronews

‘I’m going to Russia’: Trump appears to forget Alaska is in US as he frets over facing Putin

Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the 49th state on Friday

The Independent UK

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Al Jazeera

EU holds talks amid fear that Trump-Putin meeting will sideline Ukraine

The talks come ahead of a landmark meeting between the presidents of the US and Russia in Alaska on Friday.

The Independent UK

Putin cannot be trusted ‘as far as you could throw him’, Starmer warns

Labour prime minister has warned Ukraine must be involved in any peace deal with Russia ahead of Trump summit in Alaska

The Independent UK

Europe says US-Russia summit this week cannot decide on Ukraine land swaps

Ukraine and its European backers insist that the United States and Russia cannot decide on land swaps behind their backs at a summit this week in Alaska

The Independent UK

How scientists solved one of the greatest ocean mysteries

In 2013, a mysterious epidemic turned billions of sea stars between Mexico and Alaska into goo. Now we know why

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The Guardian - UK

European leaders set to join call with Zelenskyy and Trump on Wednesday, Germany says - as it happpened

Trump also expressed frustration with Ukrainian president and pushed for a Zelenskyy-Putin meeting during press conference

Al Jazeera

‘Putin will fool Trump’: Why Ukrainians are wary about Alaska talks

Many Ukrainians and experts believe Russia’s Putin will seek to dupe Trump while expanding gains in eastern Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Gold prices fall; Britain’s biggest chemical plant under threat – as it happened

Spot gold falls by over 1% as White House says it will clarify ‘misinformation’ about import tariffs on one-kilo gold bars; China says hopes US will strive for ’positive’ trade outcomes

International Business Times

The Russian Past Of Alaska, Where Trump And Putin Will Meet

Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a high-stakes meeting about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, which the United States bought from Russia more than 150 years ago.

The Guardian - UK

Mutual inconvenience: why Alaska for the Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine?

Remote US state is not an easy destination for either leader, but the choice of venue reflects the many factors at play

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: US ambassador to Nato says Zelenskyy could attend Alaska summit but decision is Trump’s

Matthew Whitaker spoke as Europeans put pressure on US to include Ukrainian president in meeting with Putin. What we know on day 1,265

The Independent UK

Russians crow over Trump-Putin summit being held in Alaska: ‘Makes the US an Arctic nation’

Professor of Russian politics says ‘symbolism of holding the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska is horrendous’

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