Zelenskyy may be asked to cede land to Russia at Trump meeting in Washington Ukrainian leader to return to White House after Alaska summit between US president and Vladimir Putin The Guardian - 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
Alaska summit: no deal agreed at Trump-Putin meeting but land swap for ceasefire still on the table Hours before meeting Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Donald Trump said he wanted to see a ceasefire in Ukraine and was “not going to be happy” if it wasn’t agreed today. The US president appears to have left Alaska with no such agreement in place. The Conversation · 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
European leaders speak with Donald Trump after Ukraine ceasefire talks European leaders have spoken with Donald Trump after the US president’s summit with Vladimir Putin ended without a deal to stop the war in Ukraine The National (Scotland) · Aug 16, 2025
Starmer speaks with Trump after president’s Ukraine ceasefire talks with Putin Mr Trump did not manage to secure a deal to end the conflict after nearly three hours of talks with his Russian counterpart. Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2025
Trump has ‘brought us closer than ever to ending Ukraine war’, Starmer says despite no deal after Putin talks Sir Keir welcomed Donald Trump’s suggestion that he could provide security guarantees for Ukraine after last night’s talks ended without a deal The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2025
Protesters oppose Donald Trump's Alaskan summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Demonstrations have been held in the city home to about 300,000 people for several days, protesting the reception of Putin on US soil and holding talks on Ukraine without the participation of its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Euronews · 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
The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2025 Putin criticised by Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia after inconclusive meeting with Trump Russian president argues ‘root causes’ of war must be addressed, but Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko says Putin has ‘ambition of destroying democracy next door’
Al Jazeera · 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.
The Independent UK · 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 Guardian - AU · 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 Independent UK · Aug 16, 2025 Trump tells Fox News that Zelensky has ‘got to make a deal’ with Putin after Alaska summit Speaking on Fox News’ ‘Hannity’, Trump vowed to attend a meeting with leaders of Ukraine and Russia: ‘They both want me there, and I'll be there’
The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2025 ‘No deal’: Putin met a tougher Trump in Alaska than the one he steamrolled in Helsinki seven years ago NEWS ANALYSIS: If Vladimir Putin was hoping Donald Trump was still on his side against Ukraine, he left their summit very disappointed, Andrew Feinberg reports from Anchorage, Alaska
The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2025 ‘Putin clearly won’: Pundits say meeting was ‘bad for Americans’ after Trump’s ‘no deal’ Alaska summit ‘Putin achieved most of what he wanted and Trump achieved very little,’ the U.S. president’s former national security adviser John Bolton said
Benzinga · 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.
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