US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Alaska was very productive.
Rubio described the talks as very good and very productive.
Putin and Trump met in Alaska on August 15. They met at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base, and their talks in a narrower “three-on-three” format lasted two hours and 45 minutes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told the United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump that he would freeze the front line in the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in exchange for the Donetsk region.
According to media reports, the Russian leader made this request during his meeting with Trump in Alaska on Friday, citing four people directly familiar with the talks.
In a statement published earlier on Saturday on the social network X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said:
“All issues important for Ukraine must be discussed with the participation of Ukraine, and no issue, especially territorial, can be decided without Ukraine.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who will meet with Trump in Washington on Monday, had earlier warned that Russia could intensify attacks on Ukraine after the summit in Alaska.
European leaders, who insist on security guarantees for Ukraine, were also invited to the meeting.
In addition to the president, the Russian side was represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, and the United States was represented by Rubio and the US President’s special envoy Stephen Witkoff.
