15 Aug 2025, 10:35:47 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Trump says ‘It’s crazy’ as Ukraine loses thousands of soldiers in a week
“But what I do care about is they lost last week 7011 people, almost all soldiers; 36 people in a town which got hit by a missile. Over 7,000 soldiers. It’s crazy,” says Trump.
15 Aug 2025, 10:33:44 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Trump shares new clip onboard Air Force One as he heads for Alaska
15 Aug 2025, 10:32:03 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Europe won’t tell me what to do, says Trump
“This is not to do with Europe. Europe’s not telling me what to do, but they’re going to be involved in the process, obviously, as well Zelensky, but I want to see a ceasefire rapidly,” Trump said before boarding his Air Force One.
15 Aug 2025, 10:24:36 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Trump reiterates he would leave if Putin meeting doesn’t go down well
Speaking to Fox News, Donald Trump said “I would walk” if the meeting with Vladimir Putin does not go down well.
15 Aug 2025, 10:21:13 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: ‘Nothing set in stone’ Trump says as he refuses to promise a Ukraine-Russia peace deal
Donald Trump on Friday said he did not know what would make his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin a success, saying he wanted to see a ceasefire.
Asked what would make the meeting a success, he told reporters aboard Air Force One: “I can’t tell you that. I don’t know. There’s nothing set in stone. I want certain things. I want a ceasefire.”
“I want to see a ceasefire rapidly… I’m not going to be happy if it’s not today,” he said, adding that Europe and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy would also be involved. “I want the killing to stop.”
15 Aug 2025, 10:18:56 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Zelensky says Russia bombing Ukraine, Kremlin counters with summit disruption charge
Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday Russia continued attacking Ukraine ahead of a summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, but its attempt to demonstrate power by launching a new assault in the east failed.
“On the day of the negotiations, they also kill people. And that says a lot,” Zelensky said on the Telegram messenger.
“The war continues. It continues precisely because there is no order, nor any indication that Moscow is preparing to end this war,” he added.
Russia’s defence ministry however denied attacking Sumy and said Ukraine was trying to disrupt the Trump-Putin summit.
15 Aug 2025, 10:13:05 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: ‘I sincerely do not…’ Russian soldiers react to the high-stakes meeting
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: One Russian soldier, speaking to BBC, said he “sincerely does not care” what the leaders agree on. “Me and my friends here in the trenches just want it all to end,” he said.
15 Aug 2025, 10:10:06 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: What will the leaders discuss?
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: A ceasefire in Ukraine is at the top of the agenda. Although the POTUS said he believes Russia is prepared to end the war, he threatened to impose secondary sanctions on countries that buy Moscow’s oil if there is no progress with peace talks.
15 Aug 2025, 10:04:50 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: What’s at stake?
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: The two leader’s face-to-face interaction in Alaska could determine the fate of European security as well as the trajectory of the war in Ukraine, as per reports.
15 Aug 2025, 09:58:09 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: ‘Good respect level on both sides…’ says Trump ahead of the meeting
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One enroute to Alaska’s Anchorage, Trump sounded a positive note, stating that he thinks “something good is going to come out of it.”
15 Aug 2025, 09:53:28 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: What if Putin meeting does not go well? Trump says ‘I will…’
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: ‘I would walk,’: Trump told Fox News, if the high-stakes meeting with Putin does not go well.
15 Aug 2025, 09:47:04 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Oil prices ease ahead of Alaska talks
Oil prices eased on Friday as traders awaited talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, which could lead to an easing of the sanctions imposed on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
Brent crude futures were down 38 cents, or 0.6%, at $66.45 a barrel 1141 a.m. ET (1541 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were 49 cents, or 0.8%, lower at $63.47.
15 Aug 2025, 09:27:32 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: US-Russia meet could last 6-7 hours, says Kremlin
The Kremlin said Friday it expected the Alaska summit between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump to last at least six to seven hours, Russian state TV reported Friday.
“You can expect that it will take up a minimum of six to seven hours,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russia’s Channel One state TV ahead of the summit, adding that Moscow anticipated a “productive” meeting.
15 Aug 2025, 09:08:46 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: What will the leader talk about?
The Trump-Putin talks will focus on exploring ways to end the Russia-Ukraine war, including ceasefire arrangements, prisoner exchanges, arms-control measures, and possible economic or security guarantees.
15 Aug 2025, 08:58:38 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: trump hoping for Russia Ukraine to make peace
Previously, while speaking to the media, Trump expressed confidence that Putin is now ready to pursue peace. The summit is scheduled for August 15 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska.
“I think President Putin will make peace and President Zelensky will make peace,” Trump told reporters.
15 Aug 2025, 08:41:29 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Putin will arrive on time, says Kremlin
“The president always makes it (on time),” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. For context, Vladimir Putin is infamous for being notoriously late and keeping people waiting. He is supposed to reach Alaska at 11 am local time, where Trump will greet and hold talks with him at the Russian President’s airplane.
15 Aug 2025, 08:27:37 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Ukraine attacks Russian oil refinery, apartment block with drones
Ukrainian drones hit a Russian oil refinery and an apartment block in an attack just hours before US President Donald Trump was to host his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for a high-stakes summit in Alaska.
Kyiv has targeted Russia’s oil depots and refineries in long-range drone attacks in what it calls retaliatory strikes for Moscow’s nightly barrages of Ukrainian cities and its energy grid.
The Ukrainian military said Friday that overnight it hit a large oil refinery in the central Russian city of Syzran, some 800 kilometres (500 miles) behind the frontline.
15 Aug 2025, 08:16:47 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Russia launches ballistic missile on Ukraine
Russia launched a ballistic missile into Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on Friday, killing one and wounding at least one other person and causing a fire, the regional governor said.
15 Aug 2025, 08:07:00 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Trump discusses upcoming Putin meet with Belarus
“I had a wonderful talk with the highly respected President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko. The purpose of the call was to thank him for the release of 16 prisoners. We are also discussing the release of 1,300 additional prisoners. Our conversation was a very good one. We discussed many topics, including President Putin’s visit to Alaska. I look forward to meeting President Lukashenko in the future. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”: Donald Trump on Truth Social
15 Aug 2025, 07:51:36 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Pete Hegseth heads for Alaska
Pentagon says that US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen Dan Caine are headed to Alaska. The head of US-European Command, Gen Alexus Grynkewich is also expected to be present to “provide military advice… as President Trump tries to bring this war to a peaceful close,” BBC reported.
15 Aug 2025, 07:44:51 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: What’s expected?
“Apparently, some terms will be agreed upon… because Trump cannot be refused, and we are not in a position to refuse (due to sanctions pressure),” Reuters reported quoting a source
15 Aug 2025, 07:28:58 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Putin makes a pit stop
Vladimir Putin made a quick stop in Magadan, a remote port city in Russia’s far east, better known as a former hub of Stalin’s Gulag prison system.
15 Aug 2025, 07:22:04 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Trump to meet Putin at…
Donald Trump will meet Putin at his plane, Kremlin says
15 Aug 2025, 07:14:00 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Failed talks could lead to ‘severe’ consequences, says Trump
On the impact of a case of failed talks, Donald Trump said, “ (The consequences will be) Economically severe. It will be very severe. I’m not doing this for my health, okay, I don’t need it. I’d like to focus on our country, but I’m doing this to save a lot of lives. Yeah, very severe,” he said.
15 Aug 2025, 06:58:11 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Is Trump going to discuss business with Putin?
“I noticed he’s bringing a lot of business people from Russia, and that’s good. I like that because they want to do business, but they’re not doing business until we get the war solved,” Trump said before boarding his Air Force One.
15 Aug 2025, 06:57:02 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Expect meeting with Putin to give results, says US President
Trump said he expected his meeting with Putin to produce results, given the stakes involved and weakness in the Russian economy.
“He’s a smart guy, been doing it for a long time but so have I … we get along, there’s a good respect level on both sides, and I think, you know, something’s going to come of it,” he said.
15 Aug 2025, 06:44:51 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Russia trying to negotiate, says Trump
Trump said the Russian offensive in Ukraine was likely aimed at helping to strengthen Putin’s hand in any negotiations to end the war.
“I think they’re trying to negotiate. He’s trying to set a stage. In his mind that helps him make a better deal. It actually hurts him, but in his mind that helps him make a better deal if they can continue the killing,” he said.
15 Aug 2025, 06:30:37 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Pope Leo XIV prays for peace
Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for a peaceful end to the “increasingly deafening violence” of wars around the world as he celebrated a Catholic feast day on the same day as a high-stakes US-Russia summit over the war in Ukraine.
History’s first American pope didn’t mention the meeting Friday in Alaska between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. But he has constantly called for dialogue and an end to the conflict, including in conversations with Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
15 Aug 2025, 06:28:25 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Zelensky says Trump-Putin meet will ‘open up real path’ towards peace
Today, I also expect a report from our intelligence on the current intentions of the Russian side and its preparations for the meeting in Alaska. Indeed, high stakes. The key thing is that this meeting should open up a real path toward a just peace and a substantive discussion between leaders in a trilateral format – Ukraine, the United States, and the Russian side. It is time to end the war, and the necessary steps must be taken by Russia. We are counting on America. We are ready, as always, to work as productively as possible
15 Aug 2025, 06:12:54 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Trump will let Ukraine decide on land swaps
Donald Trump will let Ukraine to decide whether to engage in territorial swaps with Russia, he said on Friday.
Trump made the comments to reporters on Air Force One as he travels to Alaska for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
15 Aug 2025, 06:09:25 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Posters in Alaska supporting Ukraine
Posters were seen supporting Ukraine with caption “I stand with Ukraine” and “Hands off! Russia no more” seen in Anchorage ahead of the meeting between the US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin today.
15 Aug 2025, 06:07:53 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Trump departs for Alaska | WATCH
WATCH | US President Donald Trump departs for Alaska for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin
15 Aug 2025, 06:05:12 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Who are accompanying Trump to Alaska?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and special envoy Steve Witkoff are among the 16 delegates who are accompanying Donald Trump to Alaska.
15 Aug 2025, 06:02:30 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Trump’s two-word post before flying off to Alaska
“HIGH STAKES!!” is what Donald Trump posted n Truth Social mintues before boarding his officials flight to Alaska, raising the anticipation of the high-risk meeting.
15 Aug 2025, 05:59:50 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Trump leaves for Alaska to participate in talks
US President Donald Trump departed Washington en route to Alaska Friday for a high-risk summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin boarding Air Force One and taking off for the near seven-hour flight to Anchorage.
15 Aug 2025, 05:55:44 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: US President terms talks as ‘feel-out meeting’
Trump has called the summit a “feel-out meeting” to test Putin, whom he last saw in 2019.
“If it’s a bad meeting, it’ll end very quickly, and if it’s a good meeting, we’re going to end up getting peace in the pretty near future,” Trump said Thursday.
He gave the summit a one-in-four chance of failure.
15 Aug 2025, 05:55:44 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: When is Trump meeting Putin?
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet today in Anchorage, Alaska, at 3:30 pm EST (1 am IST)
15 Aug 2025, 05:55:45 PM IST
Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting LIVE: Why is Donald Trump meeting Vladimir Putin?
US President Donald Trump is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in a high-stakes meeting that the POTUS hopes would result in a peace deal between the warring countries and pave his way towards a Nobel Peace Price.
