Aug 15, 2025, 8:34 PM EDT
Trump departs on Air Force One
President Trump has now left the military base for his six-hour flight back to Washington, concluding the daylong trip to Anchorage.
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Trump-Putin summit: Zelenskyy to travel to DC on Monday to meet with President Trump
Trump invited European leaders to join the meeting with the Ukrainian president.
Last Updated: August 17, 2025, 3:05 PM EDT
Following what was described as a “lengthy” phone call with President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he will travel to Washington on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump. A White House official said Trump has invited European leaders to join the meeting on Monday afternoon.
Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Friday and while Putin mentioned an "agreement" in the post-meeting news conference and Trump said "great progress" was made, there was no mention of a ceasefire.
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Aug 15, 2025, 8:21 PM EDT
Putin leaves Alaska
After laying flowers at the graves of Soviet soldiers at Fort Richardson Memorial Cemetery in Alaska, according to the Kremlin, Putin's plane has departed the Anchorage military base following the end of the summit.
Trump has boarded Air Force One, which remains on the tarmac.
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Aug 15, 2025, 8:17 PM EDT
'Next time in Moscow,' Putin suggests
After Trump thanked the Russian president at the end of his remarks and said he will "probably" see him again very soon, Putin said, in English, "Next time in Moscow."
"Oh, that's an interesting one. I'll get a little heat on that one, but I could see it possibly happening," Trump responded.
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Aug 15, 2025, 8:05 PM EDT
Trump had warned of 'severe consequences' if Putin did not agree to stop war
Days before the summit, Trump had threatened "severe consequences" against Russia if Putin did not agree to stop his war on Ukraine.
"There will be consequences," Trump said at the Kennedy Center in Washington as he took questions about the upcoming meeting in Alaska.
Trump did not elaborate at the time on what those consequences would be.
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He did not mention any actions against Russia during his remarks following Friday's negotiations.
Trump, who had said ahead of the summit that he hoped it would lead to a second meeting that would include Zelenskyy, did not mention when that next meeting might be. He did tell Putin on Friday, "We'll speak to you very soon, and probably see you again very soon."
