Trump-Putin summit: Zelenskyy to travel to DC on Monday to meet with President Trump

Trump invited European leaders to join the meeting with the Ukrainian president.

Last Updated: August 17, 2025, 3:05 PM EDT

Following what was described as a “lengthy” phone call with President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he will travel to Washington on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump. A White House official said Trump has invited European leaders to join the meeting on Monday afternoon.

Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Friday and while Putin mentioned an "agreement" in the post-meeting news conference and Trump said "great progress" was made, there was no mention of a ceasefire.

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Aug 15, 2025, 4:11 AM EDT

Russia attacks Ukraine overnight with missiles and drones ahead of Putin-Trump summit

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with two ballistic missiles and 97 drones, the Ukrainian Air Force said Friday morning.


The drones targeted the frontline areas of the Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk and Chernihiv regions, while the missiles were fired at the Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

Missile and drone strikes were recorded in 13 locations across Ukraine. The country's air defense systems neutralized 63 drones, the air force said.

Meanwhile, Russia's air defense systems shot down 53 Ukrainian drones over land and sea, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

Aug 14, 2025, 11:48 PM EDT

Putin makes pit stop in Russia's far east on his way to Alaska

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Magadan, a port town in far eastern Russia, while en route to Alaska.

Putin is expected to meet with the region's governor, Sergey Nosov, according to Russian media reports.

Aug 14, 2025, 7:12 PM EDT

Rubio on summit preparations, says ceasefire is 'critical'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefly discussed the summit preparations during an unrelated event at the State Department on Thursday.

"They're going very fast because this was put together very quickly, and it’s in Alaska, so we’ve got to get there," Rubio said. "We'll see how tomorrow plays out. As the president said, his hope is to interact with Mr. Putin tomorrow and sort of get a sense very quickly and early whether a peace is possible or not."

"We hope it is," he added.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens as Foreign Minister of Paraguay Ruben Ramirez Lezcano speaks ahead of signing a memorandum of understanding in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, August 14, 2025.
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The secretary also spoke about the conditions that would need to be met to achieve a lasting peace.

"I think we all recognize that there'll have to be some conversation about security guarantees. There'll have to be some conversation about, you know, territorial disputes and claims and what they're fighting over,” Rubio said. "But I think the president's hope is to achieve some stoppage of fighting so that those conversations can happen."

As the fighting is ongoing, he said a ceasefire is "critical."

"We want there to be a peace, we're going to do everything we can to achieve one, but ultimately, it will be up to Ukraine and Russia to agree to one," Rubio said.

-ABC News' Shannon K. Kingston

Aug 14, 2025, 6:42 PM EDT

Air raid sirens heard in Kyiv on night before summit


On the eve of the summit, air raid sirens were heard in Kyiv shortly after midnight, according to ABC News' team on the ground in the Ukrainian capital.


Drones were also reported flying over the Poltava and Dnipro regions of Ukraine overnight Thursday into Friday.

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