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Trump To Meet Putin In High-stakes Alaska Summit

US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet Friday in Alaska in a high-stakes, high-risk summit that could prove decisive for the future of Ukraine.

International Business Times · Aug 15, 2025

How Russia is preparing for conflict in Nato’s new Arctic battleground

NEWS ANALYSIS: As the world’s attention shifts to Alaska for the critical summit on Ukraine between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, it also shines a light on an area that is crucial to global security, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025

Trump-Putin Alaska summit: What’s on the agenda and what’s at stake?

The highly anticipated summit could see the beginnings of a peace deal but will likely not end the war, experts say.

Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2025

Trump-Putin summit in Alaska: One meeting, different goals

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin might be chasing different outcomes from the much anticipated Alaska summit on Friday. While the US president believes he can make a ceasefire deal with Putin, Russia's leader might have other ideas.

Euronews · Aug 15, 2025

What’s at stake at the Trump-Putin Ukraine peace summit?

These are the key issues the leaders of the US and Russia will need to resolve to achieve an end to the war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025

Putin hails ‘heroic’ North Korean troops fighting against Ukraine in letter to Kim Jong-un

Letter marking the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule a sign of increasingly close ties between Russia and North Korea

The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2025

‘What about our lives?’: emotions run high in frontline Ukrainian city over ceding land to Russia

Trump’s talk of ‘land swaps’ as a simple transaction belies grim reality of what it would mean for people in Zaporizhzhia

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025

Trump's Former NSA John Bolton Rips Tariffs On Russian Oil As 'Unforced Error,' Warns Move Could Push India Into Moscow's Arms

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton criticized President Donald Trump‘s decision to impose tariffs on India for purchasing Russian oil. Writing on X Thursday, Bolton warned the move “potentially drives India closer to Russia, contrary to U.S. national interests.”

Benzinga · Aug 15, 2025

Putin-Trump Summit: What Each Side Wants

The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are to meet at a US air base in Alaska on Friday for talks on the Ukraine war.

International Business Times · Aug 15, 2025

Putin Hails North Korean Troops As 'Heroic' In Letter To Kim

Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed North Korean troops sent to fight in Ukraine as "heroic" in a letter to Kim Jong Un, North Korean state media reported Friday.

International Business Times · Aug 15, 2025