Trump-Putin meet to be held at military base in Alaska
The meeting, which was announced last week, will be the first time in four years that a U.S. president has met Putin since the war began.
Putin and former President Joe Biden met only once during his presidency - in Geneva in June 2021.
Military base located in Alaska's largest city
Anchorage is Alaska's largest city and home to 300,000 people. It's capital city of Juneau, which is 570 miles from Anchorage - is currently under evacuation orders following glacial outburst flooding.
Meanwhile, Trump will be holding a virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders on Aug. 13, two days before the summit with Putin.
Zelenskyy arrived in Berlin on Aug. 13 for a virtual conference hosted by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that will include leaders of NATO members Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland and the European Union. Vice President JD Vance is also expected to call into the meeting.
Zelenskyy said there should be a meeting of the three leaders as the location of the meeting was announced on Aug. 13.
Earlier in the day, he said he was not seeing any positive indications from Russia.
"At present, there is no sign that the Russians are preparing to end the war, "Zelenskyy wrote on X. "Our coordinated efforts and joint actions - of Ukraine, the United States, Europe, and all countries that seek peace - can definitely compel Russia to make peace."
Contributing: Reuters
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House correspondent for USA TODAY. You can follow her on X @SwapnaVenugopal
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