Trump and Putin Meet in Alaska: No Ukraine Ceasefire Deal Reached
On August 15, 2025, President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, for their first face-to-face summit of Trump's second term. No Ukraine ceasefire agreement was announced after the meeting.
The two leaders first held three-on-three talks lasting nearly three hours, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on the U.S. side and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and presidential aide Yuri Ushakov on the Russian side.
At the joint press conference afterward, the two leaders delivered statements only and took no questions. Trump said the two sides had agreed on many points, that a couple of big ones had not quite been gotten to, and that there is no deal until there is a deal. He said he would call NATO leaders to brief them on the meeting and would of course call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well.
Putin described the talks as held in a constructive atmosphere of mutual respect and very thorough, and said he hoped the understanding reached would pave the path to peace. He closed by saying in English that the next meeting could be in Moscow.
(Source: The White House)
Source: The White House
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Photo: 图：2025年8月15日，特朗普总统在阿拉斯加州安克雷奇的埃尔门多夫—理查森联合基地迎接俄罗斯总统普京，两人在红毯上握手。Benjamin D. Applebaum 摄，美国国防部视觉信息分发服务（DVIDS），公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the red carpet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. Photo by Benjamin D. Applebaum, DVIDS, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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