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Trump will meet with Putin in Alaska — here’s what we know
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A historic summit is set to be held between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
Though specifics on the summit like the time and exact location remain unknown, all eyes will be on the talks as world leaders wait to see what, if anything, can be accomplished in Putin’s first trip to the U.S. in a decade.
Here’s what we know:
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
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AGENDA
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Tuesday that Trump will travel to Anchorage on Friday morning for what she described as a “listening exercise” with Putin.
Trump, who on Monday described the talks as a “feel-out meeting,” has made clear that his chief agenda item will be to determine whether a ceasefire in Ukraine is even possible.
When pressed by reporters this week as to what he specifically hopes to achieve from the in-person talks with Putin — particularly following seemingly positive calls that only resulted in a “frustrated” Trump and continued Russian bombardment in Ukraine — the president was light on specifics.
Though he told reporters that he thinks he will know whether a ceasefire deal with Putin is even possible within the first “two minutes.”
“I’m not going to make a deal. It’s not up to me to make a deal,” he said. “I think a deal should be made for both [Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy].
“I’d like to see a ceasefire. I’d like to see the best deal that could be made for both parties. You know, it takes two to tango,” he added.
TRUMP GOES AFTER ZELENSKYY OVER ‘LAND SWAPPING’ DISPUTE, LAYS OUT ‘FEEL OUT MEETING’ WITH PUTIN
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet during the NATO Heads of State and Government Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on June 25, 2025. (Getty Images)
EXPECTATIONS
Trump has raised geopolitical eyebrows over the last week when he suggested there would be a land “swap” that Russia and Ukraine would need to agree to.
While it remains unclear which borders he thinks will likely be moved around, particularly which Russian borders he foresees Putin handing over to Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his allies in NATO have made clear any deal forged without Ukraine will not be acceptable.
Zelenskyy over the weekend reiterated that he cannot unilaterally agree to cede territory illegally occupied by Russia without a national referendum under Ukraine’s Constitution.
“Any decisions that are without Ukraine are at the same time decisions against peace,” he added. “They will not bring anything. These are dead decisions. They will never work.”
Following a meeting with top EU officials on Monday, chief diplomat for the EU Kaja Kallas told Fox News Digital, “Ukraine’s right to exist as a sovereign nation is under attack, as well as the security of our European continent.”
“As far as Russia has not agreed to full and unconditional ceasefire, we should not even discuss any concessions,” she said. “It has never worked in the past with Russia, and will not work with Putin today.
Trump, who is slated to hold talks with Ukraine and NATO allies on Wednesday, said he will first call Zelenskyy following his talks with Putin, followed by calls to European leaders.
French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meet during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 17, 2025. (LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)
WHY ALASKA
Though geographically speaking, Anchorage is a near equal distance from Moscow and Washington, D.C., the president prompted surprise when he said Putin had agreed to meet him in Alaska rather than a third-party state, like Switzerland or Hungary, both of which were floated as potential meeting locations.
However, both locations held dubious optics, as Switzerland, a member of the International Criminal Court, could be obligated to act on the 2023 ICC arrest warrant issued against Putin, and Hungary, though frequently seen as sympathetic to Russia, is a NATO member state.
“They probably avoided Europe, because if they included Europe, then Europe would have demanded that they’re actually at the table,” Dan Hoffman, former CIA Moscow Station Chief, told Fox News Digital. “Probably your two choices were go to Russia — which Trump would never do — or invite him here.
“It also exposes the challenge that you can’t solve this without Ukraine and without Europe,” he added.
But Alaska also has a shared history with the U.S., which Washington purchased from Saint Petersburg — then the capital of Russia — in 1867.
Though this shared past was championed by some in Russia and the U.S., like the Kremlin’s special economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who called it the “perfect stage” for the Putin-Trump talks, others took to social media to suggest it showed the precarious nature of sovereign borders.
Anchorage, Alaska is set to receive both President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin for a high-level bilateral meeting on Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (Zihao Chen via Getty Images)
ZELENSKYY TELLS PUTIN TO ‘BE BRAVE’ AND FINALLY AGREE TO TRILATERAL MEETING WITH TRUMP
ZELENSKYY’S ROLE
Zelenskyy does not appear to have been officially invited to the talks, which the White House on Tuesday confirmed are the result of a direct invitation from Putin.
“The president is agreeing to this meeting at the request of President Putin,” Leavitt said Tuesday. “And the goal of this meeting for the president is to walk away with a better understanding of how we can end this war.”
Zelenskyy is set to hold talks with the U.S. president ahead of the high-level bilateral meeting on Wednesday alongside other European leaders.
Zelenskyy has repeatedly said he is open to meeting with Putin directly to end the war, though Putin has thus far refused.
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz, hold a telephone conversation with US President Trump on the sidelines of a meeting at the 6th European Political Community summit on May 16, 2025 at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania. (KuglerSteffen/Bundesregierung via Getty Images)
WHAT’S NEXT
Trump on Monday said his goal is that following his meeting with Putin, the Kremlin chief will sit down with Zelenskyy to begin hashing out terms for a ceasefire — whether or not it includes him in direct negotiations.
“Ultimately, I’m going to put the two of them in a room. I’ll be there, or I won’t be there,” Trump said Monday. “And I think it’ll get solved.”
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Zelenskyy on Tuesday said he also discussed the possibility of holding high-level talks organized by Turkey, which has hosted previous diplomatic negotiations that have failed to secure any lasting ceasefire agreements, but have released thousands of Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war (POWs).
“We are ready for any format of meeting aimed at stopping the killings and ending the war,” Zelenksyy said. “President Erdoğan confirmed his country’s readiness to organize a summit of the leaders of Ukraine, the United States, Russia, and Türkiye.”
Experts have warned it is too soon to tell what could come out of the talks with Putin on Friday.
The government on Thursday kept petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) prices unchanged at Rs253.17 per litre and Rs257.08 per litre respectively, for the coming fortnight, starting from January 16.
This decision was notified in a press release issued by the Petroleum Division.
Earlier, it was expected that the prices of all petroleum products would go down by up to Rs4.50 per litre (over 1pc each) today in view of variation in the international market.
Petrol is primarily used in private transport, small vehicles, rickshaws, and two-wheelers, and directly impacts the budgets of the middle and lower-middle classes.
Meanwhile, most of the transport sector runs on HSD. Its price is considered inflationary, as it is mostly used in heavy transport vehicles, trains, and agricultural engines such as trucks, buses, tractors, tube wells, and threshers, and particularly adds to the prices of vegetables and other eatables.
The government is currently charging about Rs100 per litre on petrol and about Rs97 per litre on diesel.
One of Britain’s most prolific rail fare dodgers could face jail after admitting dozens of travel offences.
Charles Brohiri, 29, pleaded guilty to travelling without buying a ticket a total of 112 times over a two-year period, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.
He could be ordered to pay more than £18,000 in unpaid fares and legal costs, the court was told.
He will be sentenced next month.
District Judge Nina Tempia warned Brohiri “could face a custodial sentence because of the number of offences he has committed”.
He pleaded guilty to 76 offences on Thursday.
It came after he was convicted in his absence of 36 charges at a previous hearing.
During Thursday’s hearing, Judge Tempia dismissed a bid by Brohiri’s lawyers to have the 36 convictions overturned.
They had argued the prosecutions were unlawful because they had not been brought by a qualified legal professional.
But Judge Tempia rejected the argument, saying there had been “no abuse of this court’s process”.
JSW Jetour T2 Launch: JSW Motors Limited, the passenger vehicle arm of the JSW Group, is reportedly preparing to enter the Indian car market this year. It has partnered with Jetour, a China-based automotive brand owned by Chery Automobile, and the Jetour T2 SUV could be the company’s first product, according to the reports.
Media reports suggest that the launch will happen independently and not under the JSW MG Motor India joint venture. The SUV will wear a JSW badge and name, instead of the Jetour branding. The upcoming SUV will be assembled at JSW’s upcoming greenfield manufacturing facility in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra.
According to the reports, the company plans to have the vehicle on sale by the third quarter of this year. With this move, JSW aims to establish itself as a standalone carmaker in India.
Expected Powertrain
The SUV is likely to arrive with a 1.5-litre plug-in hybrid setup. Internationally, this hybrid powertrain is offered with both front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive options. It is still unclear which version will be introduced in India.
Design
In terms of design, the T2 is a large and rugged-looking SUV. It has a boxy and upright stance, similar to vehicles like the Land Rover Defender. Despite its tough appearance, it uses a monocoque chassis instead of a ladder-frame construction.
Size
The SUV measures around 4.7 metres in length and nearly 2 metres in width. This makes it larger than the Tata Safari, even though it is a five-seater. A longer 7-seat version is also sold in some markets.
Price
Pricing details for India are yet to be announced. For reference, the front-wheel-drive five-seat T2 i-DM is priced at AED 1,44,000 (around Rs 35 lakh) in the UAE.
Jetour
Jetour is a brand owned by Chinese automaker Chery. Launched in 2018, it focuses mainly on SUVs and is present in markets across China, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America.
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