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The Sun
37 minutes ago
- The Sun
Trump & Putin to meet in ALASKA next Friday, Don says as Ukraine & Russia will have to ‘swap land' for peace deal
Juliana Cruz Lima Sayan Bose Georgie English Published: Invalid Date, DONALD Trump and Vladimir Putin will officially meet face-to-face next Friday in Alaska to discuss a crunch peace deal. The US President says the Ukraine war is "very close" to ending but believes both nations will have to agree to "swap territories" if they want to end the bloodshed. 8 8 8 Trump had teased the exact location of the talks earlier in the day as he vowed to reveal the "popular" destination soon. But just an hour after finalising a White House meeting with Azerbaijan and Armenia's leaders, Trump announced the meeting would be held on US soil. He posted on Truth Social saying: "The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025, in the Great State of Alaska." Washington and Moscow are said to be eyeing a deal to put an end to the bloody conflict in Ukraine - but it may not be all good news for Kyiv. Read more on Ukraine war DON'S CHALLENGE Trump will meet Putin even if he & Zelensky don't agree to showdown TRIPLE THREAT Who holds all the cards out of Vlad, Trump & Zel? Everything you need to know Trump told reporters in The White House that Zelensky is "going to have to get ready to sign something" in order to bring peace to his nation. Top diplomats from the US and Russia and currently working on an agreement to finalise post-war territories, senior officials told Bloomberg. Sources said Trump's team is trying to get Ukraine and its European allies on board to get a peace deal that would see Kyiv make some concessions. It comes as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk suggested that a "freeze" in the conflict is close. Most read in The US Sun SCAM BY ME Oasis Wembley gig in security breach after fans were sneaked in for cash MOTORWAY CHAOS Major motorway shuts after horror motorcyclist crash leaving severe delays AIRPORT HORROR Tragedy as man falls to his death from roof of car park at major UK airport HAPPY NEWS Emmerdale star reveals she's pregnant with third child in emotional post The peace deal will be the main topic of conversation when Putin and Trump sit down together next week. One major sticking point which remains centers around Putin's long-term demands, which include the annexation of Ukrainian territory. Everything you need to know about a Trump, Putin, Zelensky showdown summit – and who has the upper hand He is reportedly demanding that Ukraine cede its entire eastern Donbas area to Russia, as well as Crimea - which Moscow annexed in 2014. This means Ukrainian troops will need to withdraw from the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk - the regions still being held by Kyiv. In return, Moscow would stop its offensive in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine along the current battlelines, according to the officials. Zelensky has been adamant that Ukraine will not accept any annexation of Ukraine's land. But it could be a take-it-or-leave-it offer during the high-stakes meeting, which Kyiv risks being presented. Trump announced today that the only way to resolve the issues is for both sides to accept losses of land. He said: "It's complicated, actually. Nothing is easy. It's very complicated. "We're going to get some switched. There'll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both." 8 8 8 Igor Novikov, Zelensky's ex-adviser, spoke to The Sun about the Putin and Trump meet up on US soil. He said: "Trump understands that he needs to put enough sanction pressure and military pressure on Russia for them to consider ending this war. "But at the same time, Putin tries to manipulate and charm him, massage his ego into a position where Russia wins time and the US moves further away from helping Ukraine. "Whatever they decide upon. It won't be taken for granted by the Ukrainian people." It is still unclear if Zelensky will be invited to take part in the meeting after he has constantly asked to sit down with Putin in person. Putin has said he's ready to meet Trump - calling the summit a "mutual" goal. But he signalled reluctance on meeting Zelensky directly, saying: "I have nothing against it in general… But certain conditions must be created for this. "But unfortunately, we are still far from creating such conditions." Who has the upper hand? by Juliana Cruz Lima, Foreign News Reporter RIGHT now, everything hangs in the balance - and the power dynamic could shift in a heartbeat. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, former British Army officer and military analyst, said the fact the summit is even happening is a win in itself. But as for who's calling the shots? That's where things get complicated. Noting the Russian leader still believes he's making ground in Ukraine, the expert told The Sun: 'Until fairly recently, it's been pretty clear that President Putin has absolutely no desire for peace. 'His aim at the beginning of his special military operation over three and a half years ago was to subjugate the whole of Ukraine.' According to de Bretton-Gordon, Trump has only recently woken up to the fact that he's being played. 'It would appear that Trump has had a bit of an epiphany, a bit of a change of mind, and has now realised that Putin has been playing him.' And now, Don is bringing the businessman in him and threatening to hit Russia where it hurts most: the wallet. 'If Trump follows through with his sanctions and tariffs… then this is the reason I think that Putin has come to the table,' de Bretton-Gordon explained. 'Economic and financial analysts who really know about these things believe that the Russian economy would peter out pretty quickly without the massive amounts of money and resources it gets from oil.' In other words, Trump holds the economic sledgehammer — if he's willing to swing it. But Putin isn't out of the game. His forces are still advancing, still hammering Ukrainian cities, and still killing civilians. 'Russia seems to be moving forward slowly,' de Bretton-Gordon warned. 'Attacking civilian targets in Ukraine at an unbelievable scale.' Zelensky, meanwhile, remains the wild card. 'The people who are most important here are the Ukrainians,' he said. 'A bad deal for Ukraine is worse than no deal at all.' And that's the real risk. Trump might be chasing headlines, not justice. 'I think Trump probably just wants to get a deal of some description,' the former army officer said. 'One just hopes that Trump doesn't try and do some sort of backhand deal with Putin, just so that he can claim that there is now peace in Ukraine, because the short-term peace is no good to anybody.' So who has the upper hand? Right now, it's still up for grabs. But if Trump sticks to his economic guns, and if Putin starts to feel the heat on the home front, the balance might just tip. The US president also dismissed claims that next week's historic summit hinges on a three-way meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky. Asked if Putin needed to meet Zelensky in order to meet him, Trump clarified: "No, he doesn't." Despite that, the White House is preparing for the possible bilateral or trilateral summit. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed: "The White House is working through the details of these potential meetings… details will be provided at the appropriate time." Zelensky, meanwhile, has been working the phones with European leaders, wary of being sidelined in a direct US-Russia deal. A meeting with Putin and Trump will come after weeks of constant barbs being fired at the Russian tyrant by America's leader. Trump has expressed frustration with Putin, questioning whether the Russian leader really wants peace with Ukraine. Putin has snubbed peace for months and is instead steadily increasing his overnight bombing raids - which could soon hit 1,000 drones and missiles a day. Just days ago, 31 people died including five children after the Russians fired an Iskander missile into a residential tower block in Kyiv. Putin, who has consistently rejected calls for a ceasefire, said over the weekend that he wants peace but that his demands for ending his invasion were "unchanged". In response, Trump imposed a 50-day deadline on Russia to agree to a deal before he cut it down even further last week. The White House demanded "progress" from Moscow or face being hit with secondary sanctions targeting Russia's oil lifeline and key allies like India and China. The Republican strongman previously posted on Truth Social: "These two Nations have been at War for many years… Many Leaders have tried to end the War, with no success, until now, thanks to 'TRUMP'." 8 8 Topics Global politics Nuclear Weapons Ukraine war Donald Trump Vladimir Putin Moscow North America Russia The White House Ukraine United States Washington DC YOU MIGHT LIKE RECOMMENDED FOR YOU MORE FOR YOU More from The Sun Exclusive SCAM BY ME Oasis Wembley gig in security breach after fans were sneaked in for cash MOTORWAY CHAOS Major motorway shuts after horror motorcyclist crash leaving severe delays AIRPORT HORROR Tragedy as man falls to his death from roof of car park at major UK airport HAPPY NEWS Emmerdale star reveals she's pregnant with third child in emotional post
The Independent
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- The Independent
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The Guardian
an hour ago
- The Guardian
Ukraine war briefing: Trump flags ‘swapping of territories' as he and Putin set a date for Alaska talks
Donald Trump has said any peace deal between Ukraine and Russia would involve territory swaps, as he named a date and location for talks with Vladimir Putin. The US president said: 'But we're gonna get some [territory] back. We're gonna get some switched. There'll be some swapping of territories, to the betterment of both.' He did not provide further details. Kyiv did not immediately comment on the talks or the possibility of territorial exchanges. Trump said he planned to meet the Russian president next Friday in Alaska. He announced the location in a brief post on his Truth Social site. Russian state media agency Tass confirmed the date and location of the meeting, citing Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov. Putin said earlier he was not ready to meet Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after the proposal of a three-way meeting by US envoy Steve Witkoff. 'I have nothing against it in general, it is possible, but certain conditions must be created for this,' Putin said of a meeting with Zelenskyy. 'But unfortunately, we are still far from creating such conditions.' Ushakov said another summit with the US president could be held in Moscow, and said an invite had already been extended. The White House has not commented yet on the remarks. The US president's remarks on Ukraine came after Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, said a 'freeze' in the conflict could be close, after speaking with Zelenskyy, who has communicated with Trump and European leaders in recent days. 'There are certain signals, and we also have an intuition, that perhaps a freeze in the conflict – I don't want to say the end, but a freeze in the conflict – is closer than it is further away,' Tusk said during a news conference. Ukraine's president said late on Friday that Kyiv was in 'constant communication with the American side' as the deadline for a Russian ceasefire passed. Zelenskyy said 'No orders to stop have been given to the Russian army' and that the day had seen more than 100 drone strikes on Ukraine, as well as frontline assaults and other airstrikes. He added that all Ukraine's allies were 'united in the understanding that there is a chance to achieve at least a ceasefire, and that everything depends on the right pressure on Russia'. Viktoriia Roshchyna, the Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity last year, has been buried in Kyiv, in a ceremony attended by relatives and colleagues who paid tribute to her singular professional courage and the importance of her work. Roshchyna was reporting on Russia's systematic policy of extrajudicial detention and torture in occupied parts of Ukraine before falling victim to it herself. She died at the age of 27 last year in murky circumstances, after more than a year in Russian captivity. Her body was returned earlier this year with some of the internal organs missing.
