Trump and Putin will be in Alaska on Friday, August 15 to talk about the war in Ukraine

The presidential assistant Yuri Ushakov declared: “Russia and the US are close neighbors, with borders with each other. And it seems quite logical that our delegation simply survives the Bering Strait and that such an important and expected summit among the leaders of both countries is celebrated in Alaska.”

The White House tries to persuade European leaders to support a high fire agreement that would yield to Russia broad extensions of Ukrainian territory, CBS News, an American partner of the BBC, reported the BBC.

The agreement would allow Russia to maintain Crimean control and take possession of the entire Donbás region, in eastern Ukraine, composed of Donetsk and Luhansk, according to sources familiar with conversations.

Russia illegally occupied Crimea in 2014 and its forces control most of the Donbás region.

According to the agreement, Russia would have to assign the Ukrainian regions of Jersón and Zaporiyia, where it currently has some military control.

Trump had started the week with a warning to Putin: “A high fire agrees to Friday or face more sanctions.”

But, even with exhausted patience, the US president decidedly ruled out his economic threats and, instead, hugged the idea of meeting with Putin to reach a pact.

During a meeting this Friday to announce an economic agreement between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump indicated that he was willing to give Putin the control of the Ukrainian territory.

“There will be exchanges of territories for the benefit of both countries, but we will talk about that later or tomorrow,” Trump told the press.

Any territorial concession by Kyiv could be considered a victory for Putin.

But for Trump, the self -proclaimed negotiator, the possibility of personally mediating in a high fire could eclipse any concern to be seen as someone who yields to Putin's demands.

When asked if he imagined a meeting to negotiate an agreement between Putin and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, in the near future, Trump told reporters: “I think my instinct really tells me that we have a chance.”

Putin presented his demands for a high fire agreement when he met with Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Moscow earlier this week, according to information published in the United States.

He Wall Street Journal He pointed out that European officials informed by the US this week “obtained contradictory impressions on whether Putin intends to freeze the current front lines or, finally, completely retire from those regions.”

It is not clear if Ukraine and its European allies will accept the agreement.

Ukraine previously declared that any agreed territorial concession without the presence of its officials at the negotiating table would be unacceptable.

Analysis of Anthony Zurcher, BBC correspondent in North America

We have a date and a place for the long -awaited summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

While it was rumored about places like Rome and Hungary, finally fate – alaska, within a week – is not so exotic.

However, it is American territory, which considerably simplifies security concerns.

In addition, he positions Trump as host of his Russian counterpart in territory that the US bought Russia more than a century and a half ago.

The last time Alaska was the center of attention in an American diplomatic event was in March 2021, when the newly formed diplomatic and national security team of Joe Biden met with his Chinese peers in Anchorage.

The meeting became sour, and Chinese officials accused Americans of “condescension and hypocrisy.”

Trump, who promised last year that would quickly end the Ukraine War if he returned to the White House, surely expects this meeting in Alaska to give better results.

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