US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will meet in the American state of Alaska this Friday, August 15. The summit will concern the war in Ukraine, but will take place without the direct participation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

In August 2025, as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to meet in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine, speculation swirled online about whether Trump could or should arrest the Russian president at the meeting on a warrant from the International Criminal Court that accused Putin of carrying out war crimes.

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska this week, an important location chosen for its neutrality and safety for the Russian leader.