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Negotiations conducted without regard for dignity and life risk forgetting every Ukrainian child stolen from its parents’ arms, cataloged, filtered and absorbed into the aggressor’s history.
The boy’s blue eyes look directly at you from the screen. Under the photo is written: “Calm, obedient, six years old, blue eyes, blond hair.” As if this is a dog from an asylum and not a living child kidnapped from the occupied part of Ukraine. As if identity is something that can be edited in a filter – by gender, eye color, age, and temperament – and offered to anyone who wants it with a click.
Russia has digitized what slave traders have done for centuries: stripped hundreds of children of their names, histories, and families, and turned them into a catalog. According to official figures, more than 19,500 Ukrainian children have been confirmed as abducted and deported to Russia. The true figures may be far higher, as the occupied territories are closed to international observers and the children’s tracks are systematically covered up, as are schools, hospitals, and maternity wards destroyed.
Welcome to Summary of the Week — your quick guide to the top headlines from Aug. 8 to Aug. 15.
Moscow has long claimed Ukraine’s NATO ambitions prompted its February 2022 invasion, while the West now seeks ways to offer security guarantees while bypassing that issue.
The US has offered Ukraine NATO-style security guarantees without the possibility of officially joining the alliance in the event of a peace deal, according to media reports.
This would mean that the US and Ukraine’s European allies would be obliged to respond to any future attack on Ukraine, similar to NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense clause.
Russian propagandists especially seized on images of US soldiers laying out the red carpet for Putin’s arrival, portraying it as the American military bowing before the Kremlin leader.
Friday’s meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin left Ukrainians largely dismayed, while many Russians celebrated the red-carpet reception.
For Russians, the red-carpet welcome for Putin is a diplomatic jackpot.
A large majority of Republicans believe that Ukraine and Europe should get a seat at the table in negotiations and support more sanctions on Russia.
Support for Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky among Republican Party supporters has risen starkly compared to just months ago, according to a new poll by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
This rise may suggest a widening gap between Republican voters and US President Donald Trump’s more conciliatory stance toward Russia.
Ukrainians slammed the Trump-Putin Alaska meeting as a win for Putin and “useless” without Kyiv, stressing Ukraine must decide its fate amid ongoing attacks.
Pavlo Nebroev stayed up until the middle of the night in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv to wait for a press conference between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin thousands of kilometres away.
The US and Russian leaders had met in Alaska to discuss Russia’s more than three-year invasion of his country.
EU leaders backed Trump’s proposal for a trilateral summit after Friday’s Alaska talks, while emphasizing the need for security guarantees and preventing any Russian veto over Ukraine’s future.
European leaders said on Saturday they welcomed US President Donald Trump’s desire for peace in Ukraine but reiterated the need for security guarantees for Kyiv and no Russian veto over Ukraine’s NATO and EU bid.
In a joint statement following Trump’s Friday talks with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska and a debrief call on Saturday, European leaders expressed support for a path to peace in Ukraine but tacitly argued that it must not compromise the country’s sovereign decisions.
A Ukrainian sniper unit, “Pryvyd,” has set a world record by eliminating two Russian soldiers with a 4,000-meter (4,374-yard) shot using the domestically produced Alligator rifle.
Ukraine’s “Pryvyd” (Ghost) sniper unit has set a world record for the longest confirmed sniper kill, taking out Russian troops from a distance of 4,000 meters (about 4,374 yards).
According to Defense Express, the shot was made with the domestically produced “Alligator” rifle, chambered in 14.5 mm.
Lawmaker Sergei Mironov also pinned the blame for Moscow’s invasion on the US, saying “it was the United States that was at the origin of the Maidan and the coup in Ukraine in 2014.”
Russian lawmaker Sergei Mironov said the US should arrest President Volodymyr Zelensky if he refuses to comply with agreements reached during Ukraine war negotiations by US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Zelensky was not invited to Friday’s Trump–Putin talks in Alaska, despite the war being fought on Ukrainian soil.
Families of captured Ukrainian defenders make their voices heard and press for international action to help bring their loved ones home.
As US President Donald Trump prepared to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, families and supporters of Ukrainian defenders held a rally on Aug. 15 at 11 a.m. at the US Embassy in Kyiv.
Many in the crowd had spent years in public squares raising awareness that their sons, brothers, fathers, and husbands remain in captivity. Their presence was especially poignant as they learned through news reports and video clips about Trump’s comments on swapping land to bring peace. The families came with a clear message: they want Trump to demand the return of their defenders and the children kidnapped from Ukraine.
Russia’s telecommunications authority Roskomnadzor placed restrictions on voice and video calls on WhatsApp and Telegram this week
Russia’s telecommunications authority Roskomnadzor placed restrictions on voice and video calls on WhatsApp and Telegram this week, citing the need to “protect the population from fraud” on “foreign messenger services”. At the same time, citizens are being encouraged to use the new Russian messenger app Max - to which state intelligence services reportedly have easy access.
Keeping even regime-loyal users in check
A Build Up workshop, backed by the Favbet Foundation and Andrii Matiukha, took place in Dnipro. The project gives teenagers an opportunity to explore digital professions
On August 1, Dnipro became the venue for the third workshop of the educational program Ticket to IT. This initiative offers teenagers the chance to take their first step into the world of modern digital professions. The event was organized by GoIT Academy with the support of Favbet Foundation, led by its president Andrii Matiukha, as part of the Build Up program.
The workshop brought together 65 young participants, most of whom were children of military personnel, internally displaced persons, orphans, and youth from socially vulnerable groups. For many, it was their first hands-on experience with IT tools and a unique opportunity to interact directly with industry professionals.
Trump says Putin and Zelensky to set up a meeting.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin were going to set up a meeting to try to reach a ceasefire to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Trump and Putin held three-hour long talks in Anchorage, Alaska, but no agreement to resolve or pause Moscow’s war in Ukraine was reached.
During the Aug. 15 Alaska talks, Trump handed Putin a letter from the First Lady addressing Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children, amid mass deportations, forced adoptions and Russification.
US First Lady Melania Trump has reportedly penned a letter to Russian leader Vladimir Putin urging him to address Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children.
According to two US officials cited by Reuters, US President Donald Trump personally handed the letter to Putin during talks in Alaska on Friday, Aug. 15.
Zelensky and Trump held a lengthy call with NATO leaders after Trump’s Alaska summit with Putin. The Ukrainian president is now heading to Washington for talks.
On Saturday morning, President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump held a lengthy phone conversation.
Zelensky said the call was long and substantive, beginning one-on-one before European leaders joined. It lasted over 90 minutes, with about an hour spent privately.
Preliminary conclusions about what the stagecraft in Alaska produced, or rather failed to deliver.
The Alaska summit looked like a breakthrough – for Russia.
The White House and the Kremlin leaders sat down to discuss Europe’s security, while Ukraine was left outside the room. The message was unmistakable: Kyiv’s fate was being argued over its head, and President Volodymyr Zelensky was reduced to protesting from the sidelines.
After talks with Trump in Alaska, Putin spoke of “peace” and “brotherly peoples” as Russia launched an Iskander-M missile and 85 Shahed drones at Ukraine overnight.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin, after talks with US President Donald Trump on Friday in Alaska, once again spoke about “brotherly peoples” and the “road to peace in Ukraine.”
During the joint press conference, Putin emphasized that Russia was supposedly “sincerely interested in ending the war” and was even ready to work on security guarantees for Ukraine.
Latest from the British Defence Intelligence.
Trump told Fox News’s Hannity he and Putin agreed in their “warm meeting” the Kremlin war in Ukraine should end with a “territory swap” and US guarantees.
US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News that during his talks Friday with Vladimir Putin they reached a fundamental understanding: the war in Ukraine should end with a “territory swap” and certain security guarantees from the United States.
The conversation with host Sean Hannity took place immediately after the summit in a closed meeting room where Trump had just met with Putin. Avoiding questions from independent journalists, the American president chose a friendly media platform instead.
Trump and Putin ended their summit without a Ukraine deal, offering warm words and vague hints of “progress” but no concrete results.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin made no breakthrough on Ukraine at their high-stakes summit on Friday, pointing to areas of agreement and rekindling a friendship but offering no news on a ceasefire.
After an abrupt ending to three hours of talks with aides, Trump and Putin offered warm words but took no questions from reporters -- highly unusual for the media-savvy US president.
Latest from the Institute for the Study of War.
Key Takeaways from the ISW:
While the US President called the talks “productive,” his failure to secure a firm commitment to peace has been widely interpreted as a missed opportunity to pressure the aggressor genuinely.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday was a study in contrasts. A choreographed display that masked a profound divergence of goals. While the White House framed the meeting as a “listening exercise” for Trump, it was widely viewed as a significant legitimacy-seeking endeavor for Putin.
The meeting, which took place without Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, concluded with no concrete, publicly announced agreements on ending the war.
The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee criticized President Donald Trump on Friday for meeting with Vladimir Putin, calling the summit an “undeserved reward” for the Russian leader.
The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee criticized President Donald Trump on Friday for meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling the summit an “undeserved reward” for the Russian leader.
Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-NY, said in a statement that Trump “literally rolling out the red carpet” for Putin on American soil legitimized Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and “whitewashed Putin’s war crimes.”
The top Democrat on the US House Foreign Affairs Committee criticized President Donald Trump on Friday for meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling the summit an “undeserved reward” for the Russian leader.
Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-NY, said in a statement that Trump “literally rolling out the red carpet” for Putin on American soil legitimized Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and “whitewashed Putin’s war crimes.”
US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have held what the US president described as an “extremely productive meeting” in the latest diplomatic push to find a resolution to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The US president, speaking at a press conference following the talks, offered a mix of optimism and caution, stating, “There’s no deal until there’s a deal.”
US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have finished their summit and press conference in Anchorage, Alaska.
Putin delivered the opening remarks – acting as the host, describing the negotiations as “held in a constructive atmosphere of mutual respect.”
Trump called his Alaska talks with Putin “extremely productive” – but with no deal yet and major gaps still unresolved, hopes for peace remain fragile – with the stakes still rising.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have held what the US president described as an “extremely productive meeting” in the latest diplomatic push to find a resolution to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The US president, speaking at a press conference following the talks, offered a mix of optimism and caution, stating, “There’s no deal until there’s a deal.”
The Kremlin leader claimed he was ready to end the war in Ukraine and urged closer relations between the US and Russia.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The highly anticipated press conference between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin has kicked off in Anchorage, Alaska.
Putin delivered the opening remarks – acting as the host, describing the negotiations as “held in a constructive atmosphere of mutual respect.”
The highly anticipated press conference between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin has kicked off in Anchorage, Alaska.
Putin delivered the opening remarks – acting as the host.
The press pool has moved into the press conference seating area at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, in anticipation of a press conference between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
White House staff have also filled into the front rows.
It’s been 2.5 hours since US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began their closed-door 3-on-3 meeting, and the silence from both delegations is becoming deafening.
The typically garrulous American entourage, known for its rapid-fire tweets and gaggles, has gone entirely quiet.
The Trump–Putin meeting is still ongoing as of 1 p.m. in Alaska (1 a.m. Kyiv time). We’re still holding in the tent with hundreds of reporters here. No movements yet.
As Trump and Putin gather in Alaska, the Kremlin delegation underlines Moscow’s real agenda: not peace, but prosecuting a war through propaganda, economics, and power.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, and sanctioned financier Kirill Dmitriev headline the talks, joined by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, and Putin aide Yuri Ushakov.
As Trump and Putin meet in Alaska, the Kremlin’s delegation reveals Moscow’s real agenda: sanctions deals, war financing, and propaganda – not peace. Here’s who’s at the table.
As US President Donald Trump meets Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska for high-stakes talks on the war in Ukraine on Friday, the composition of the Kremlin’s delegation reflects Putin’s priorities for the meeting – a mix of veteran propagandists, economic managers, and trusted loyalists.
Far from neutral envoys, these figures oversee or support Moscow’s military, financial and political operations against Ukraine. Each plays a defined role in sustaining Russia’s war effort while projecting a managed image of diplomacy to the outside world.
Stock markets wavered on Friday as investors digested mixed American economic data and monitored a landmark US-Russia summit aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
In choreographed drama, US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin each arrived in their presidential jets and greeted one another on the tarmac of a US air base, before walking a red carpet together to an honor guard salute.
The possibility of an end to a conflict that Putin began in 2022 had put the markets in optimistic mood, analysts said, although oil prices had been volatile.
Stock markets wavered on Friday as investors digested mixed American economic data and monitored a landmark US-Russia summit aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
In choreographed drama, US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin each arrived in their presidential jets and greeted one another on the tarmac of a US air base, before walking a red carpet together to an honor guard salute.
Friday’s summit is held in a three-on-three format – and here are the people sitting alongside Trump and Putin at the table:
1: Yuri Ushakov
