U.S. President Donald Trump said he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, on 15 August, the White House later confirming that the encounter will be held one-on-one. Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov also endorsed the date and location, making the summit Putin’s first visit to U.S. soil since 2015. Trump has framed the meeting as an attempt to broker a cease-fire in the Ukraine war and hinted at a possible "swapping of territories" involving Russian-occupied areas of Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea. Western officials say Moscow circulated a plan in which Kyiv would cede those regions in exchange for a halt to offensive operations, a proposal Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff discussed in Moscow last week. The prospect of territorial concessions has alarmed Kyiv and its allies. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned that any settlement must not reward aggression, while a joint statement from 26 EU leaders urged Trump to uphold Ukraine’s sovereignty and insisted that peace terms cannot be decided without Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is not expected at the Alaska talks, has repeatedly rejected ceding land and is pressing for continued Western security guarantees. The Alaska venue underscores Trump’s push for a rapid diplomatic breakthrough after he threatened additional sanctions if Russia did not agree to a cease-fire by early August. Further logistical details of the 15 August summit have not been released, but both governments say the outcome could determine whether broader negotiations, potentially including Ukraine, are convened.