**President Donald Trump announced on the fact Social platform that the gathering with Russian president Vladimir Putin would take place on August 15 in Alaska. This will be the first gathering of both leaders in Trump's second term. The summit site is simply a surprise as the Kremlin previously suggested the United arabian Emirates as a possible location. It is unclear whether the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski will attend the meeting.**
"A long-awaited gathering between me as president of the United States of America and Russian president Vladimir Putin will take place on Friday, August 15, 2025, in the large State of Alaska. More details soon. Thank you for your attention!" - wrote Trump on his community platform fact Social.
The president did not mention sanctions against Russia and its trading partners, which he had previously announced regardless of the plans of the Putin summit. On Thursday, however, he said that his decision on this substance depends on the Russian President.
Uncertainty about Zelenski's participation
It is not clear whether there will be a gathering with the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski, as Trump originally predicted. According to CBS TV, it is inactive possible that "in any way Zelenski will be active in a gathering in Alaska".
Even before announcing the gathering place, Trump claimed on Friday that the agreement to end the war was close and suggested that it assumes the replacement of territories. "We are looking at the issue of territory that fought for 3 and a half years, you know, many Russians died, many Ukrainians died" - he said during the ceremony of signing the peace declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Proposal for the exchange of territories
"So we're considering it, but what we truly want is to get any of them back and make an exchange. It's complicated. Actually, it's nothing simple (...) We're going to replace parts of territories to improve the situation of both sides" - Trump added. He stated that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenski wanted peace, but he noted that Zelenski must now "manage everything he needs due to the fact that he will gotta prepare to sign something".
He thus seemed to propose a possible change to the Ukrainian constitution, which does not let territorial change. According to the "Wall Street Journal", Putin told Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, that Russia would agree to a complete ceasefire if Ukraine agreed to retreat troops from the full Donetsk and Luhansk region.
Peace conditions according to Putin
In addition, Putin wants to admit these circuits and Crimea as Russia's territory. Putin, in turn, was to guarantee that Duma adopted a law promising that he would not attack Ukraine or another European countries.
Witkoff was going to tell European leaders that the offer shows Putin's "real movement towards peace", although the final agreement may be different from that proposed by the Kremlin. A gathering in Alaska, a territory purchased by the US from Russia in 1867, will be the first between Trump and Putin in the second word of the American President.
Surprising Selection of Place
However, they both spoke on the telephone many times, although not all of these conversations were officially disclosed. The summit site is simply a surprise due to the fact that the Kremlin suggested that it could be reached in the United arabian Emirates, and among another typical locations were Italy, Switzerland and Hungary.
From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP) Note: This article was edited with Artificial Intelligence.