Latest: Putin and Trump to Meet for First Time in 6 Years

[epoch_component type=”live_update” section_title=”What to Know” update_time=”2025-08-15T07:08″ inline_authors=”185680″ update_source=”” pinned=”true”] The meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, will be the first time a U.S. and Russian president have sat down together since the start of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022. Here’s what to expect. The meeting is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. Eastern. The two leaders will first meet one-on-one with only translators before being joined by their delegations for a working lunch, the Kremlin said. A joint press conference is expected to be held after the meeting, according to the Kremlin.  U.S. President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of land swaps to end the conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed opposition to calls to cede territory and has requested security guarantees. French President Emmanuel Macron said Trump is willing to support non-NATO security guarantees for Ukraine. Trump has warned of “very severe consequences” for Russia if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to end the war. If the summit goes well, Trump said, a trilateral meeting between him, Putin, and Zelenskyy would be next. [/epoch_component]...