KREMLIN has confirmed key details of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s crunch talks in Alaska.
A programme has been agreed for the peace summit between the two leaders which could decide the fate of Ukraine.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said it will be a one-on-one meeting where “sensitive matters” will be discussed.
The summit is set to take place at Elmendorf-Richardson base in Alaska on Friday.
Russian state news agency TASS revealed that the meeting will start at 11.30am Alaskan time (8.30pm UK).
The crunch talks will be followed by a joint press conference by both leaders.
The central topic of the meeting will be the Ukraine crisis, but the pair will also discuss trade and economic cooperation, Ushakov added.
Trump and Putin will also have a wider meeting with delegations from Washington and Moscow.
They will also attend a working breakfast.
Don, who hails himself as a great dealmaker, is said to be planning to present a money-making deal to lure sanctions-hit Putin into peace-making.
The plan will entail granting Moscow access to Alaska’s natural resources and easing certain US sanctions on Russia’s aviation sector, as disclosed by The Telegraph.
Proposals also include giving Putin access to the rare earth minerals in the Ukrainian territories currently occupied by Russia.
Trump appears to be wagering on Russia’s struggling economy, which has suffered substantially due to global sanctions following its unlawful invasion of Ukraine.
It comes as Moscow and Washington are reportedly considering a West Bank-style occupation of Ukraine to secure a truce.
Proposed outlines suggest Russia would gain military and economic control over the seized regions of Ukraine through an assigned governing body, reports The Times.
Ukraine’s official borders wouldn’t budge, but the Kremlin would pull the strings in the regions it has swiped.
Witkoff reportedly endorsed the plan, which Americans see as a resolution to the Ukrainian legislation prohibiting land cession without a national referendum.
Trump warned there would be “very severe consequences” if Putin does not agree to a ceasefire.
Yesterday, he commented post a video conference with European leaders, including Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
Zelensky said on August 12 that Putin may deploy thousands more troops to continue attacking Ukraine and grab more land.
Major General Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy chief of Ukrainian intelligence (GUR), said that Russia plans to continue its onslaught
He said that Russia is ramping up long-range drone production to carry out future strikes deep inside Ukraine
This unfolds as Russia seems to be gearing up to test its new nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered cruise missile, according to US analysts and a Western security source.
Satellite imagery shows an increase in personnel, military equipment, ships, as well as aircraft associated with earlier tests of the 9M730 Burevestnik.
