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Allied troops are ‘ready to go from day one’ if Ukraine ceasefire is reached, says defence secretary

John Healey dismissed suggestions that the UK’s approach to the Ukraine war is to ‘watch and wait’ as Russian and American delegations arrived in Alaska for crunch talks

The Independent UK

How Team Trump’s terrifying weaknesses play into Putin’s hands at the Alaska summit

COMMENT: Trump is flying to Anchorage for his meeting with Putin with a team which has no grasp on facts, or truth, and therefore no grasp on reality either, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK

Oil and fuel prices hang in the balance of Trump and Putin peace talks

A Russia-Ukraine peace accord would lower fuel prices, but any stalemate or escalation is a boon for the oil industry.

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Lords does not need ‘Putin apologists like Farage’, minister says

Defence Secretary John Healey said the voice of Reform UK is ‘conspicuously absent’ in Commons debates on Russia and Ukraine.

Evening Standard

House of Lords does not need ‘Putin apologists like Farage’, cabinet minister says

John Healey said the voice of Reform UK is ‘conspicuously absent’ in Commons debates on Russia and Ukraine

The Independent UK

Healey hopes Trump-Putin summit could be ‘first step’ on road to peace

The Defence Secretary said the end to any conflict ‘must come from diplomacy’.

Evening Standard

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

Letter sent to mark anniversary of end of Japan’s colonial occupation of Korea is latest sign of increasingly close ties between two leaders

The Independent UK

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Ukraine is fighting for the same values as allies did in second world war, says Keir Starmer – as it happened

Addressing reception marking 80th anniversary of VJ Day, prime minister says he spoke to Zelenskyy about allies’ values as Trump prepares to meet Putin

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

What we know about the Trump-Putin talks that could reshape Ukraine war

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday for their first talks since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Trump says he wants a deal to end the war, but Ukraine and its European allies fear any agreement that gives up Ukrainian territory could embolden Putin to push…

Radio France Internationale

US-Russia talks on Ukraine: who’s who in the delegations to Alaska?

Putin will bring old guard loyalists and younger financial power brokers to meet Trump’s most trusted advisers

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian defenses face a challenge as Russian troops make gains ahead of the Putin-Trump summit

Days before the leaders of Russia and the U.S. hold a summit meeting in Alaska, Moscow’s forces breached Ukrainian lines in a series of infiltrations this week in the country’s industrial heartland of Donetsk

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Euronews

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.

The Guardian - UK

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 - AU

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 - UK

‘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

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The Guardian - AU

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International Business Times

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

Asia Stocks Mixed Before US-Russia Summit

Asian stocks were mixed Friday after better-than-expected Japanese growth and weak Chinese data, while oil slipped back ahead of a US-Russia summit on Ukraine.

International Business Times

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.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Putin says US making ‘sincere efforts’ to end war as Russian troops make gains

Russian presidents suggests summit with Donald Trump in Alaska could result in nuclear arms deal; EU leaders praise US president for offering backup for European ‘reassurance force’. What we know on day 1,269

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: president insists he won’t let Putin ‘mess around with me’ at summit on Ukraine

Donald Trump gives talks 75% chance of success while European leaders worry about concessions to Moscow – key US politics stories from Thursday 14 August

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,268

Here are the key events on day 1,268 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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