Will August 15, 2025 remain in history as the day that sealed the fate of Ukraine after three years of war? Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin decide on Friday, at the other end of the world, in Alaska.
To believe the American president, who is not a man to bother with nuances, it will be all or nothing. It is strong to know in “Five minutes” Maximum if his first meeting in person since 2019 with the Russian president will be a fiasco, or if it will sketch an outcome to the bloodiest conflict in Europe since the Second World War.
If everything goes well for Donald Trump, who dreams of being a laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, assures that “This meeting will open the way to another”three, this time including Volodymyr Zelensky. He suggested that this tripartite summit could be held very quickly, and also in Alaska, a symbolic place if any.
This vast territory was sold by Russia to the United States in the XIXe century. And the military base of Elmendorf-Richardson, where the summit will be held, played a very important strategic role during the Cold War.
Friday, the Ukrainian president and European leaders will be reduced to waiting for the unpredictable American president, as he committed, informs them of the content of his head with Vladimir Putin.
Drew Angerer / AFP
