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Trump-Putin summit to address Ukraine as new arms race looms.

Excluding Zelensky, Putin and Trump will meet in Alaska to discuss “land swaps” consolidating Russian gains in Ukraine.

Aaron Maté, Aug 11, 2025

With his surprise announcement of an upcoming summit with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump may finally be preparing to fulfill his pledge to end the Ukraine war.

The news of a Russian-US presidential summit coincided with the end of Trump’s self-imposed deadline on Russia, wherein Moscow was told to accept a ceasefire or face crushing new US sanctions. Instead of following through on his threat, Trump only had warm words for Putin, who “I believe wants to see peace.” Trump even suggested that they have agreed on what peace would look like. “There’ll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both,” Trump claimed. “We’re going to get some back, and we’re going to get some switched.”

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August 12, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international