The fate of the soon sealed war? President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet this Friday, August 15 in Alaska. A meeting that worries both Europeans and Ukrainians, for fear of being released by the White House after more than three years of a conflict launched in February 2022 by the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
In any case, the meeting will have the opportunity to “try the field” and “listen” to “Vladimir Putin during this interview claimed by the Russian president, as hit by the White House.
• Alaska, former Russian territory and discussions headquarters
Some 7,600 kilometers when the Crow flies from kyiv, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet this Friday for the first time since June 28, 2019 in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska. It will also be Vladimir Putin’s first visit in the city since his arrival at Kremlin.
A “face to face” meeting, according to the main correspondent of the White House for CNN Kaitlan Collins, in the blink of an eye to history. Alaska only became American in 1867 when the United States bought this vast territory, which is still the largest state in the country to the Russian empire.
The visit will take place precisely within the Elmendorf-Richardson military base, the largest in the State, according to several US media.
“For centuries, Alaska has served as a bridge between nations, and today we have continued to be a bridge for diplomacy, trade and security in one of the most critical regions of the planet,” said Alaska Governor on August 9, Mike Dunleavy, in X.
• Volodymyr Zelensky, the last minute guest?
This initiative is not from the Taste of Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian President for the time that was officially excluded from Russian-American exchanges. This planned meeting between the two men is already qualified by the person concerned as a victory for the Russian leader, while emphasizing that kyiv excluded any withdrawal from their forces in eastern Ukraine as part of a possible peace agreement.
“He (Putin) will have a meeting in the American territory, which is, I think, for him a personal victory,” said Volodymyr Zelensky, and added that this meeting made Vladimir Putin out of his “isolation” and delayed possible new US sanctions against Moscow.
Especially because according to him, the Russian army is not ready to stop the conflict. “On the contrary, it performs movements that indicate the preparation of new offensive operations. In these circumstances, it is important that the unity of the world is not threatened,” he announced on his X account on August 12.
• The Russian army drills the front and progresses
Worse, in the front, the situation is complicated for kyiv’s troops. Russian soldiers quickly advanced in a strategic sector of the front in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday.
The Ukrainian army staff said on August 12 that the fighting took place in Koutcheriv Iar, a small town that was still a few weeks ago from the front, in fact admitting the Russian advance in this area.
This progression took place to the northeast of Pokrovsk, a mining city and epicenter of the fighting, in the eastern region of Donetsk, whose Moscow affirms the annexation. In a single day, Russia has advanced about ten kilometers north along a road, according to the Deepstate Military Analysis site, near the Ukrainian army, a much more sustained rhythm.
At the end of July, the Russian army claimed to have conquered the city of Tchassiv Iar, in the heart of the fighting for months. The revisions quickly judged as a “lie” by Ukraine.
• Europeans gathered before the meeting
Donald Trump, who said he was “annoying” on Monday, August 11 for the refusal of Volodymyr Zelensky to give up from Russia, will exchange on Wednesday with Europeans: French, British and German in particular.
This meeting will take place in videoconference with a double objective for Europe: to exist in the balance of power and the result of the bilateral meeting in Alaska, but also adopt a common position. Emmanuel Macron, currently on the side of the Brégançon fort in the VAR, will participate.
Actually, three videoconferences will be organized this Wednesday. The first with Volodymyr Zelensky, the second with Donald Trump and the last with the member countries of the voluntary coalition, mainly European countries that support the war effort of Ukraine.
Donald Trump also promised to speak with Volodymyr Zelensky and the Europeans after his interview with Vladimir Putin. “Maybe I will tell you” good luck, keep fighting. “Or maybe I say:” We can find an agreement, “he said Monday.
Source: BFM TV
