SISU, 18 Aug, 11 a.m.
Merz & von der Leyen & Zelensky – and other European leaders – meet President Trump today in Washington DC (USA) to discuss solutions of Ukraine war. Any kind of a deal?
7:15 p.m. MESZ: Trump & Zelensky
9:00 p.m. MESZ: Trump & european leaders
Time gap between Washington and Germany ist (+ 6 h Germany).
https://www.bild.de
https://www.n-tv.de/
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/ukraine-krieg-newsblog-trump-putin-selenskij-merz-von-der-leyen-treffen-in-washington-li.3298820
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SISU Blog „Alaska-Summit“ Trump Putin
Video-Assessment Pascal Lottatz, Neutrality Studies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mez4I977MfE
Video-Assessment Roger Köppel, die Weltwoche, Zurch, Switzerland:
https://weltwoche.ch/daily/entspannung-in-alaska-trumps-gipfel-ist-bedeutender-erfolg-vorstufe-zum-frieden/
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Both Leaders have landed on time.
Summit Start: circa 9:30 p.m. MESZ (11:00/11:30 a.m. Local Alaska Standard Time)
Historical summit: US President Trump and President Putin from Russian Federation will meet this evening MESZ, Friday, 15 August, in Anchorage, the biggest town in Alaska/USA (nearly 300.000 inhabitants). Location is Elmendorf-Richardson Air Force Base. Main topic of the two big players‘ agenda will be to stop the Ukraine war. After the meeting the immediate return is planned for Russia’s delegation.
Ukraine’s President Zelensky and „Europe“ are not part of the „Alaska-Summit“, but there are five political demands for peace. previously transmitted to Trump on this Wednesday, yesterday.
From 1799 to 1867 Alaska belonged to Russia. In Alaska, 49. state of the US Union, has only circa 740.000 inhabitants, capital city Juneau 32.000 inhabitants. Alaska is five times larger than Germany. Time gap between Juneau and Germany ist (+ 10 h Germany).
Google KI-Info: At its nearest point the distance between USA and Russia ist nearly 85 kilometers, 3,8 Kilometers between two USA und Russia islands in the Bering Strait.
https://www.morgenpost.de/politik/article409728296/ukraine-krieg-alaska-trump-putin-treffen-details-zeitplan-bekannt.html
https://www.rnd.de/politik/trump-putin-treffen-in-alaska-wann-wo-wer-die-wichtigsten-fragen-und-antworten-PYTRH26DOFDHXLBKEAQ36OVOYU.html#wann-und-wo-findet-das-treffen-zwischen-trump-und-putin-statt
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-08/treffen-alaska-donald-trump-wladimir-putin-ukraine-krieg-faq
https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-ukraine-mittwoch-520.html
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/putin-trump-gipfel-100.html
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/in-diesem-ort-in-alaska-treffen-sich-trump-und-putin-zu-gesprachen-uber-die-ukraine-14168780.html
https://www.anchorage.net/
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