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, 4:24 PM EDT

Trump and Putin begin summit: See all the photos

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Friday for high-stakes talks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

Trump and Putin are joined by Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.

See photos below of the event as it unfolds.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks as he meets with President Donald Trump, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks as he meets with President Donald Trump, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
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President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.
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Aug 15, 2025, 4:08 PM EDT

Flashback: Trump's clash with Zelenskyy in Oval Office

Excluded from Friday's summit is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has met in person with President Donald Trump several times this year.

The first was a contentious meeting at the White House in February, where Trump and Vice President JD Vance rebuked Zelenskyy for his handling of the war and falsely blaming the Ukrainian leader for a conflict that began when Russia's Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion. Zelenskyy had been in Washington to sign a mineral resources deal, but that was abruptly canceled following that clash.

President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “you don’t have the cards.”
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Trump, Vance blast Zelenskyy, call him 'disrespectful' at White HousePresident Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “you don’t have the cards.”
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Their next meeting was at the Vatican in April ahead of the funeral for Pope Francis. There, they met one-on-one in what appeared to be a more cordial affair. Zelenskyy said it was a "good meeting" and a White House spokesperson called it "very productive."

Ahead of Friday's summit, Trump joined a virtual conference with Zelenskyy and European leaders.

Aug 15, 2025, 3:55 PM EDT

Hillary Clinton says she would nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize under these conditions

Ahead of Friday's summit, Hillary Clinton made an unexpected declaration.

The former secretary of state said she would nominate President Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize -- something he has long desired and expressed grievance over not having -- if he were able to end Russia's war "without putting Ukraine in a position where it had to concede its territory to the aggressor."

"He is not meeting with a friend. He is meeting with an adversary, and an adversary who wants to see the destruction of the United States and the Western alliance," Clinton said on the podcast "Raging Moderates."

Nobel Peace Prize medal showing Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) is seen during the Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 23, 2023, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee said Trump "could really stand up to Putin to make it clear there must be a ceasefire, there will be no exchange of territory, and that over a period of time, Putin should be actually withdrawing from the territory he seized in order to demonstrate good faith efforts."

"If President Trump were the architect of that, I'd nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize," Clinton said.

Asked about Clinton's remarks by Fox News, Trump responded, "Well, that was very nice. I may have to start liking her again."

Aug 15, 2025, 3:52 PM EDT

Trump, Putin sit for talks in Alaska

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down for bilateral talks in Anchorage.

They are seated in front of a blue backdrop that read “Pursuing Peace” with their delegations.

President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.
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Neither leader made remarks as reporters briefly entered the room.

ABC News Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott, who is the White House pool reporter for Friday's summit, posed multiple questions to Putin -- including if he would agree to a ceasefire, stop killing civilians and how he could be trusted. Putin did not respond, but acknowledged he heard the questions.

The Alaskan summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is a three-on-three meeting, a White House official has confirmed.
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Who's in the meeting with Trump and Putin at the Alaska summitThe Alaskan summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is a three-on-three meeting, a White House official has confirmed.
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