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Trump said he will meet Putin in Alaska.

He announced that the meeting will take place Aug. 15 in Alaska in a post on social meeting and said more details would follow. It is to be the first U.S.-Russia summit since 2021, when former President Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva. It could mean a breakthrough in Mr. Trump’s effort to end the war, although there’s no guarantee it would stop the fighting since Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart on their conditions for peace.

Associated Press - Aug. 08, 2025, 6:18 p.m. ET

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