Trump-Putin Alaska Meet LIVE Updates: Donald Trump leaves for Anchorage to join ‘High Stakes' talks with Putin
Posters were seen supporting Ukraine with caption "I stand with Ukraine" and "Hands off! Russia no more" seen in Anchorage ahead of the meeting between the US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin today.
15 Aug 2025, 06:07:53 PM IST
WATCH | US President Donald Trump departs for Alaska for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin
15 Aug 2025, 06:05:12 PM IST
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and special envoy Steve Witkoff are among the 16 delegates who are accompanying Donald Trump to Alaska.
15 Aug 2025, 06:02:30 PM IST
'HIGH STAKES!!' is what Donald Trump posted n Truth Social mintues before boarding his officials flight to Alaska, raising the anticipation of the high-risk meeting.
15 Aug 2025, 05:59:50 PM IST
US President Donald Trump departed Washington en route to Alaska Friday for a high-risk summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin boarding Air Force One and taking off for the near seven-hour flight to Anchorage.
15 Aug 2025, 05:55:44 PM IST
Trump has called the summit a "feel-out meeting" to test Putin, whom he last saw in 2019.
"If it's a bad meeting, it'll end very quickly, and if it's a good meeting, we're going to end up getting peace in the pretty near future," Trump said Thursday.
He gave the summit a one-in-four chance of failure.
15 Aug 2025, 05:55:44 PM IST
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet today in Anchorage, Alaska, at 3:30 pm EST (1 am IST)
15 Aug 2025, 05:55:45 PM IST
US President Donald Trump is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in a high-stakes meeting that the POTUS hopes would result in a peace deal between the warring countries and pave his way towards a Nobel Peace Price.
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