US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on 15 August to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin called the location “logical” due to its proximity to Russia and confirmed Trump has also been invited to Moscow for a potential second summit.

The talks come after Trump suggested Ukraine might have to cede territory — including the entire Donbas and Crimea — to secure peace, an idea reportedly floated by Putin to Trump’s envoy in Moscow. Such concessions have been firmly rejected by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who opposes any territorial compromise.

Moscow currently controls about 20% of Ukraine. Previous peace talks have failed, with Russia demanding Ukraine’s neutrality, reduced military capacity, NATO withdrawal, and the lifting of Western sanctions.

Trump claims there’s a “shot at” a trilateral deal and had set an 8 August deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire, though no new sanctions were announced. The Alaska meeting will be the leaders’ first in-person encounter since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.