Elmendorf Richardson’s joint base in Anchorage, Alaska, will hold a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The high-stakes summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15th will be held at a vast US military base in Anchorage, Alaska.
The in-person meeting, billed as a “listening exercise” by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, will be held at the joint base in Elmendorf Richardson, spanning over 13,000 square acres, to discuss Russia’s three-year war in Ukraine.
“The goal of this conference for the President is to leave with a better understanding of how this war can be ended,” Leavitt told reporters at an August 12 news briefing.
The meeting, announced last week, marks the first time the US president has met Putin in four years since the war began.
President Putin and former President Joe Biden met only once during their presidency in June 2021 in Geneva.
Military base in Alaska’s largest city
Anchorage is Alaska’s largest city, home to 300,000 people. It is the city of Juneau, the capital 570 miles from Anchorage – currently receiving evacuation orders following a glacial explosion flood.
Meanwhile, Trump will hold a virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Voldy Mie Zelensky and European leaders on August 13, two days before his summit with Putin.
Zelensky arrived in Berlin on August 13th to a virtual meeting hosted by German Prime Minister Friedrich Merz. Vice President JD Vance is also expected to call the meeting.
Zelenskyy said there should be a three-leader meeting as the meeting location was announced on August 13th.
Earlier that day, he said he had not seen any positive signs from Russia.
“There is no indication at the moment that the Russians are preparing to end the war,” Zelensky wrote to X:
Contribution: Reuters
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House correspondent for USA Today. x You can follow her at @swapnavenugopal
