EADaily, August 17th, 2025. Fox News published the text of a letter from the first lady of the United States Melania Trump, which she, through her husband Donald Trump, handed over to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage.

In a shift, Trump now aligns more closely with Putin than allies in Europe in calling for final talks before a ceasefire

Over 100 protesters, including many Ukraine supporters, took to the streets of Alaska’s biggest city on Thursday night ahead of the highly anticipated meeting between

The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty, pending talks on a broader peace deal.

Protests in support of Ukraine in Anchorage show no signs of subsiding as US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin hold their meeting. Source: Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne Details: The protesters are holding Ukrainian flags and placards calling for an end to the war.

Convinced there were relatively few matters left to resolve, and believing a truce would only prolong the war, Trump set aside his publicly stated goal of a temporary halt in fighting.

Speaking after Friday’s summit, President Putin again implied that the war is all about Russia’s diminished status since the fall of the Soviet Union.

The Russian leader has long said Moscow is not interested in a temporary truce and is seeking a long-term settlement that takes the Kremlin’s interests

More than a dozen protests broke out statewide as President Trump and Russian President Putin met on Anchorage’s military base.

Trump Putin Alaska meet over Ukraine is raising eyebrows across Europe, with some analysts warning it could echo the 1945 Yalta Conference, when global powers redrew the continent’s map without its own leaders in the room.