🚨🇺🇸TRUMP–🇷🇺PUTIN ALASKA SUMMIT: August 15, 2025 — Quick Recap
🔹Location & Timing – Kicked off at 11 a.m. AKT (19:00 GMT) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage.
🔹Main 🇺🇸U.S. Goal – Trump is pressing for a Ukraine ceasefire; open to later involving Zelenskyy.
🔹Putin’s Approach – Legitimacy, sanctions relief, and a nuclear arms control angle.
🔹Tone & Risks – High symbolic value, low expectations; U.S. allies fear sidelining Ukraine.
🔹On the Ground – Protests, prayers, and Cold War-era visual cues dominate the scene.
🔹Markets – Brent crude down ~0.8%, WTI ~0.9% amid speculation on sanctions outcomes.
-CNN, Clash Report
