Day after meeting Putin in Alaska, US president Trump makes big statement on Russia
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump had a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Elmendorf-Richardson Military Base in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, on August 15 to try and come to a fruitful solution to stop the Russia-Ukraine war that has escalated since February 2022.
The meeting that lasted for over three hours was the first instance when Putin stepped on Western soil since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. What did Steve Witkoff say about the summit?
Earlier on Sunday, 17 August 2025, special US envoy Steve Witkoff said that Trump and Putin agreed to robust security guarantees for Ukraine during their high-stakes summit.
'We agreed to robust security guarantees that I would describe as game-changing,' Steve Witkoff told CNN.
Trump and Putin discussed proposals for Russia to surrender small pockets of occupied Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine ceding a swathe of fortified land in the east and freezing the front lines elsewhere, say the sources as cited by Reuters. European leaders and Zelensky to meet Donald Trump
Now, leaders of European countries will accompany Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to meet Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, 18 August, seeking to support him as Trump pressurises Ukraine to accept a quick peace deal after Trump's meeting with Putin on Friday.
Among those joining Zelensky will be French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission President, also confirmed that, on Zelenskyy's request, she will join the meeting with Trump and other European leaders.
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