Brief by Shorts91 NewsDesk / 06:50am on 17 Aug 2025,Sunday International
U.S. President Donald Trump conveyed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after their Alaska summit: halt fighting along current front lines in exchange for Kyiv ceding full control of Donetsk. Zelenskyy rejected the offer, according to Reuters. Trump publicly urged Ukraine to accept a peace deal, stating, “Russia is a very big power, and they’re not.” The three-hour Alaska summit marked the first direct U.S.-Russia engagement since the 2022 invasion. Trump and Putin agreed that peace should proceed without a ceasefire, a stance that diverges from Ukraine’s and Europe’s insistence on ceasefire as a prerequisite. Russia currently controls 20% of Ukraine, including most of Donetsk. (PC: The New York Times)
